Other names: rough voice

Coarsening of voice at puberty, on the basis of hormonal changes in boys is normal, physiological phenomenon. Their throat is due to hormones expands and creates more space capable of using resonance to issue a deeper voice. Hormonal malfunction to this process might not occur when an excess of male hormones could also take place at the girls.

Temporary coarsening voice can also occur due to respiratory diseases and vocal cords. You can on time and fully terminate its function and prevent the person speaking. Temporary loss of voice is quite common and occurs even at high levels of exertion vocal cords.

Typical is the gradual coarsening of voice in smokers, whose vocal cords are repeatedly stressed the passage of cigarette smoke.

Roughening or loss of voice caused respiratory infections are not separately treated, and the voice would be after several days was back to normal. If the coarsening of voice lasted a long time and it is suspected that the vocal cords are damaged, see your doctor.