I'm having puberphonia since 12 years. My voice is hours and sounds like female sometimes. I want crisp and clear manly voice.

Question

During puberty in males the mass and length of the vocal fold increase and the pitch decrease. Few of the people although having appropriate vocal fold mass and length after the puberty, but are not able to switch to the new low pitch voice (male like. Mostly due to long time habits from childhood, speaking into a high pitch voice. In this case only thin edges of vocal cords vibrates and also the whole length of the vocal cord does not vibrate which leads female like voice. It can be very easily treated by voice therapy (vocal exercises) in most of the cases for about 1-2 week in some cases surgery is also advisable which causes shortening and relaxation of the vocal cords. Consult a ENT specialist and speech therapist for the same.

Nazima · Accepted Answer

During puberty in males the mass and length of the vocal fold increase and the pitch decrease. Few of the people although having appropriate vocal fold mass and length after the puberty, but are not able to switch to the new low pitch voice (male like. Mostly due to long time habits from childhood, speaking into a high pitch voice. In this case only thin edges of vocal cords vibrates and also the whole length of the vocal cord does not vibrate which leads female like voice. It can be very easily treated by voice therapy (vocal exercises) in most of the cases for about 1-2 week in some cases surgery is also advisable which causes shortening and relaxation of the vocal cords. Consult a ENT specialist and speech therapist for the same.

Ujjwal Mathew · Answer

Hi lybrate-user. Voice therapy is your solution which you have to sit with a Speech Therapist. Also check with ENT for further physiological issues. Few sessions I Voice Therapy should solve your problem. Don?t lose hope. Get treated ASAP. Thanks.