Yes but CTA alone will not feminize your voice enough. And the disadvantage is that a decent amount of your range is cut away. I had a range of three octaves and now maybe 2 or 1,5 are remaining. We have to test it yet.

Quote from: Lara1969 on January 16, 2016, 01:24:35 PM
Yes but CTA alone will not feminize your voice enough. And the disadvantage is that a decent amount of your range is cut away. I had a range of three octaves and now maybe 2 or 1,5 are remaining. We have to test it yet.

Yes, thats part of why I disliked the CTA method. I seem to have 2.5 or 3 octaves range now. I just measured and in that it was even about 4 octaves, but that included definitely some part of the whistle register. Before the surgery it was at about 3-3.5, depending on the day. So also with glottoplasty alone of course there is some loss because the lower end is gone and the register changes are not changed in position, so my range below the voice break to head voice is less, and whatever i may have gained at the top is in the whistle register which is not useable for much...

The reason I didn't opt for cta is the scar on the neck. In my opinion,  it's a dead giveaway for being trans. Had we been in the 1950's then yes, no ne would know about Adam's Apple surgery. These days, it's all over the news and tv programmes! My friend who is cis ( very feminine even for a cis) has a scar on the neck. She was once asked by a guy if her scar was the result of a adam's apple surgery!!!!

Anyway, the other reason I opted for vocal chords shortening is that my preop average comfortable pitch was already at 170 hz so I definitely didn't need CTA.

Quote from: Ritana on January 18, 2016, 10:24:13 PM
My friend who is cis ( very feminine even for a cis) has a scar on the neck. She was once asked by a guy if her scar was the result of a adam's apple surgery!!!!

OMG! Its come that far already. Scary. Thats the dark side of "more trans awareness"...

"the dark side of trans awarness" you.made me giggle, Anja!

Don't go to the dark side!!!

Omg. What's that?

So here is my six weejs update:
http://vocaroo.com/i/s1AYN0knOwVM

I had a serious cold, lots of coughing in the weeks after surgery. But I am quiet happy with the current result. I only had two weeks voice rest and the sample above is taken after normal talking.
I am doing the exercises given from my speech therapist on a daily base.

The scar is still visible but develops fine. I am pretty sure it will be nearly invisible in a few months.

Still horse but you sound female.

Still very rough but that's to be expected at this point in time. The voice sounds feminine and contains a reasonable amount of inflection. I think it will only get better with time.

Hoarse but I hear a good voice below it.

Thanks I am looking forward having a feminine voice without need to think about how I sound. I am so happy. I gained so much freedom!

How much pitch increase have you gained so far (although it's still early for final results)?

I gained approx. 100Hz but it is hard so say yet. I am now comfortable to speak in the range of 190-260Hz.

Here is my sound sample from today after a normal working day:
http://vocaroo.com/i/s1aAy0QuadqE

I am happy 

My voice develops well. I currently have a cold again from my small twins but my voice is now very stable seven weeks post-op. I got a nice special massage from mmy speech therapist today which helps to relax my breathing and speaking. I am very sure that my vocal coords are still swollen although I did not had the time to visit my ENT and make a picture of them.

I love the work of Dr. Haben. It means so much freedom now after surgery not to have to think about my voice while speaking.

Quote from: Lara1969 on February 10, 2016, 02:55:45 PM
Here is my sound sample from today after a normal working day:
http://vocaroo.com/i/s1aAy0QuadqE

I am happy 

My voice develops well. I currently have a cold again from my small twins but my voice is now very stable seven weeks post-op. I got a nice special massage from mmy speech therapist today which helps to relax my breathing and speaking. I am very sure that my vocal coords are still swollen although I did not had the time to visit my ENT and make a picture of them.

I love the work of Dr. Haben. It means so much freedom now after surgery not to have to think about my voice while speaking.

Hi Lara,

This is a massive improvement over your previous audio where you sounded a bit hoarse. I'm glad to see (or hear in this case) the success of Dr. Haben's work. Hope everything works out this well for me in my second time around with him.

Quote from: GeekGirl on February 11, 2016, 06:23:10 AM
Hi Lara,

This is a massive improvement over your previous audio where you sounded a bit hoarse. I'm glad to see (or hear in this case) the success of Dr. Haben's work. Hope everything works out this well for me in my second time around with him.

I wish you all the best. I like his current work and outcome.

That's a big improvement from your last recording! The hoarseness is almost gone it seems.

I was chatting for weeks with a nice guy. Today we had our first phone call and I recieved a wedding proposal. He said my voice is sounding so nice, feminine and sweet that he wants to marry me :-)

I said maybe if we know each other better but of course I am unbelievable happy! I also had another phone call and tomorrow we will have our first. He also loves my voice.

So the surgery makes dating guys alot more easier. I sound different, nicer, more feminine. I could speak with the same pitch before but my voice did not sounded nice and sweet.

Quote from: Lara1969 on February 17, 2016, 02:46:17 PM
I was chatting for weeks with a nice guy. Today we had our first phone call and I recieved a wedding proposal. He said my voice is sounding so nice, feminine and sweet that he wants to marry me :-)

I said maybe if we know each other better but of course I am unbelievable happy! I also had another phone call and tomorrow we will have our first. He also loves my voice.

So the surgery makes dating guys alot more easier. I sound different, nicer, more feminine. I could speak with the same pitch before but my voice did not sounded nice and sweet.

That's pretty awesome
I've always relied on my appearance to more than make up for my voice, but now that I'm older, I just want to get that final piece of the puzzle fixed.