Abstract
Puberphonia affects the adolescent males. Authors have used a novel approach by using a Macintosh laryngoscope for stretching of vocal cords, which gives immediate and permanent relief. This procedure, which was incidentally found to be useful, while doing a laryngoscopic examination of a puberphonic patient, was effective and superior to any method used in the past 26 cases treated during 1991 to 2005 had been followed with the excellent results.
Key Words: Puberphonia, Laryngoscopy, speech therapy
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