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Ear, Nose & Throat (ENT) | Last Active: Jan 2, 2023 | Replies (83)
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Hello again, and sorry for not answering before. I hope you are doing better with your voice.
After the fat implant in my vocal chord, my voice was not ok, I talked very low so I decided to go directly to a vocal chord/voice specialist. I ended up with Dr Milan R Amin in NYU Langone Health. He did and “ablation” in my esophagus that was paralized and did implant in my left vocal chord. That helped me a LOT. I can eat (still with difficulties but I have a normal life) and my voice is back. Not exactly as before, a bit hoarse but its really great.
I would highly recommend Dr Amin and his wonderful team.
Let me know how are you and if I can be of any help.
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Hello @patriciagsr and thank you for your update. I'm so pleased to hear that you found a doctor and a treatment for your vocal cord problem. After my implant, I also had a deeper voice than I was used to, however, it was not so low that it was a problem for me. I also, of course, had speech therapy post-surgery and that was very helpful in getting my voice tuned-up. Have you had speech therapy as well?
An implant in the non-paralyzed vocal cord has also been discussed with me, however, at this time it is not necessary.
Have (or do you now have) any swallowing problems?