1988 Volume 91 Issue 11 Pages 1892-1897
Based on an experience of two pediatric cases with hoarseness whose laryngeal symptoms subsided after mutation of voice, a clinical survey was made on 28 pediatric cases with similar voice disorder, who responded to a questionnaire on postadolescent change in vocal symptoms. It was revealed that in 27 out of the 28 cases, hoarseness had gradually disappeared and normal voice was eventually obtained after adolescence regardless of the presence or absence of surgical intervention. The remaining case also showed improvement in the course of follow up but developed vocal cord polyp after adolescence. The result would suggest that at least in males, non-surgical follow-up should be the choice for the treatment of pediatric hoarseness, in general. An instruction of vocal hygiene should also be added for better result.
