Presently this page is limited to audio examples of pitch surgeries. All of the "Before" recordings were made with professional equipment in my office. Many of the "After" recordings were made over the telephone or on the patient's computer and this will affect the audio quality.

0087 Before and after voice recording

Patient age
45 years
Patient gender
Male to Female
Prior voice surgery
None
Year of surgery
2011
Follow up
13 months
Dr. Thomas' comments

At 13 months of follow up after her feminization laryngoplasty with thyrohyoid elevation, she notices that her voice has continued to improve gradually over time. She has done some speech therapy and feels that that has contributed to the result as well. She is called as a female on the phone 100% of the time.

0079 CTA, Feminization laryngoplasty and laser vocal cord debulking

Patient age
61 years
Patient gender
Male to Female
Prior voice surgery
None
Year of surgery
2011
Follow up
22 months
Dr. Thomas' comments

She had a cricothyroid approximation about 10 years before her first visit which helped for awhile and then her voice faded in pitch and quality. She then had a thyrohyoid elevation which did not change her pitch. 10 years after the thyrohyoid elevation she had a limited feminization laryngoplasty. About 18 months later she had a microlaryngeal laser debulking procedure. Her initial voice recording is after the cricothyroid approximation since that is when I met her and her most current recording is two months after her laser procedure, approximately 2 years after her feminization laryngoplasty.