Q: My active 10 year-old boy was diagnosed recently with "vocal-cord dysfunction." He's been seen by his pediatrician, a respiratory specialist, an ENT specialist and a speech pathologist. He has ...

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The larynx, also known as the voice box, is home to the vocal folds and is the reason people can talk and sing while manipulating pitch and volume. The vocal folds are covered with mucosa, or mucous ...

St. Francis Medical Center will open a new clinic for people with vocal cord dysfunction, a condition often mistaken for asthma. The clinic will operate from the speech and hearing department at the ...

Some of the most common vocal cord surgeries include medialization laryngoplasty, arytenoid adduction, and anterior glottic web formation. Vocal cord surgery is usually done to treat damage to the ...

Different types of vocal cord surgery include microlaryngoscopy, medialization laryngoplasty, and reduction laryngoplasty. The type of surgery a person has may depend on the reason for the procedure.