VOICE DEEPENING PROCEDURES

by Juan Carlos Casado Morent, MD, PhD

TO WHOM IS IT DIRECTED?

  • Trans-Men (ftm)

  • MEN with high-pitched voice

  • Disorders of voice mutation

  • Dissociation between body morphology and vocal tone

  • Increase rigidity of vocal chords

  • Scars, sulcus, post cordectomy

  • Excessive tension of the vocal chords

  • Spasmodic dysphonia

HORMONAL TREATMENT

The intake of androgens (testosterone) produces a decrease of the Fo during the next3-4 months, which could be sufficient to obtain a more stereotypical masculine voice that lasts even if the medication is stopped.

SURGERY+ POST SURGICAL SPEECH THERAPY

SPEECH THERAPY:

  • Vocal gesture

  • Intonation

  • Resonance

  • Respiration (Blow Technique)

  • Modulation

Surgery: vocal tract (fo )

Surgery+ Speech therapy

VOCAL PITCH (Fo) FOR GENDER IDENTIFICATION

TYPE III THYROPLASTY

(Decrease in vocal tone)

  • Retrusion of the anterior commissure

  • Decrease the tension of the vocal folds

  • Increase the mass of the vocal folds

  • Decrease the Fo (lower-pitched tone)

  • Essential: Post surgical speech therapy