Long term prognosis of hoarseness in school-children.

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Laryngeal pathology, which causes so-called school-age hoarseness, includes swelling and nodules of the vocal folds. The authors followed eight children with swollen vocal folds, 27 with nodules and nine whose nodules had been removed microsurgically. All these children received vocal hygiene therapy. Two of the eight children with swollen vocal folds recovered and two others developed vocal fold nodules. The other four had fluctuating hoarseness. Nineteen of the 27 with nodules recovered and four others developed swollen vocal folds. The other four remained unchanged. Vocal hygiene therapy seemed helpful because 11 of the 19 recovered within two months. Five of the nine who had been operated on had an uneventful course; the vocal folds became swollen again in the other four. Vocal fold nodules recurred in one of these four children with swollen vocal folds.
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