Voice disorder: A voice disorder is characterized by the abnormal production and/or absences of vocal quality, pitch, loudness, resonance, and/or duration, which is inappropriate for an individual's age and/or sex.
If you have a voice disorder, you may sound:
- hoarse or breathy
- like you are talking out of your nose, called hypernasality
- like you have a cold and are stuffed up, called hyponasality
- like your voice is too high or too low, called a pitch problem
- like you are talking too loudly or too softly.
Voice disorders may be caused by:
- growths like calluses on the vocal cords, called nodules
- swelling or bumps like blisters on the vocal cords, called polyps
- vocal cord paralysis where one or both cords do not move
- vocal cords shutting when they should open, caused by paradoxical vocal fold movement
- a condition called spasmodic dysphonia that causes a jerky or tight sounding voice that sometimes sound fine
You may develop a voice disorder because of:
- allergies
- large tonsils or adenoids
- smoking
- illnesses, like respiratory infections
- poor voice habits
(ASHA, 2014)
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