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Patient age
50 years
Patient gender
Male to Female
Prior voice surgery
None
Year of surgery
2006
Follow up
55 months
Dr. Thomas' comments

Her vocal pitch was improved after the feminization laryngoplasty surgery, but was somewhat rough and had a very low volume. She continues to smoke cigarettes. She had a laser tuneup which smoothed her voice out and improved the volume she estimates by about 30%. She still puts slight effort into her voice when speaking on the phone but it is perceived as a female. However, she still has trouble competing with background noise.