Mutasyonel Falsetto Puberfoni

What are the Symptoms of Mutational Falsetto Puberphonia?

The typical characteristic features of puberphonia are pitch breaks, monotone speech and abnormal pitch. However, complaints such as hoarseness, breathlessness, vocal fatigue and double-voiced speech are also reported.

Physical examinations of patients with puberphonia usually do not reveal any anatomical damage or disorder. It is often found that only the thin front part of the vocal cords vibrates, not the entire vocal cords, and therefore the voice frequency decreases, causing the voice to sound thin. The most common complaints reported by patients are being made fun of by peers, not being taken seriously, being subjected to bad jokes and being perceived as a woman on phone calls.

The vocal characteristics and vocal cords of people with symptoms of puberphonia and/or different complaints are examined and diagnosed by a specialist ear - nose - throat doctor. The GRBAS Scale (Grade-grade, Roughness-roughness, Breathiness-breathiness, Asthenia-fatigue, Strain-shape change), which subjectively examines airway patency, is a frequently used measurement tool. The Multi-Dimensional Voice Program (MDVP) and the Speech Range Profile (SRP), which perform acoustic analysis and can numerically evaluate vocal parameters such as fundamental frequency, noise and vocal tremor, are also widely used.

What Causes Mutational Falsetto Puberphonia?

Although there is no comprehensive and systematic study on the cause of puberphonia, it is considered to be caused by many physical, psychological and mental factors;

• Late Sexual Maturity,
• Hypogonadism, which is known as Male Hormone (Androgen) and Female Hormone (Estrogen) Deficiency,
• Hearing Problems, Neurological and Hormonal Problems,
• The urge to resist the rapid changes that occur in the body with the onset of puberty,
• Dislike of a thick voice, desire to maintain a childhood voice,
• The Sense of Aging, the Desire to Stay Young and Emotional Stress,
• Environmental Embarrassment due to Rapid Change,
• For men, constantly spending time with female individuals is the main reason.

How is Mutational Falsetto Puberphonia Treated?

Puberphonia is the easiest voice disorder to treat and definite improvement is achieved after treatment. If there are no other anatomical problems with the vocal cords or the surrounding area, it can usually be treated with a single 30 - 40 minute session of voice therapy.

The aim of voice therapy is to find the correct position of the laryngeal muscles and to stabilize the habit of using the correct vocal pitch with the Biofeedback (biological feedback) method. With the biofeedback method, the person sees his/her own sound waves transferred to the screen, hears his/her recorded thin and thick voice, realizes that the problem is not due to physiological reasons and finds the correct pitch by adjusting his/her voice according to the waves he/she sees. The use of voice at the appropriate pitch is then stabilized by practicing vocal range expansion exercises using the images.

Since puberphonia is a problem that causes psychological problems rather than physical discomfort, it is also recommended to seek psychological help simultaneously with voice therapy.

In cases of puberphonia associated with vocal cord problems, voice thickening surgeries can be performed.

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