Laryngology Surgery & Voice Care

Voice rest is indicated during acute laryngitis. This would minimize the injury of over the vibrating segments of the vocal folds which already made inflamed by the inflammation caused by the infection. The maximal point of contact is at the anterior half of the vocal folds, The voice become hoarse with pitch breaks and at its extreme to aphonia (voiceless) - if more areas involved. Endoscopic laryngeal examination shows the above changes over few days of the onset of laryngitis if voice overused continued. Fibrin exudates formed - the white segment of the anterior vocal folds (dotted round rectangles]. TVF - true vocal fold, FVF - false vocal fold. arrow - towards anterior.

Posted by Rahmat Omar on February 13, 2016 at 7:57 PM

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