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- Title
[Operative voice pitch raising in male-to-female transsexuals. A survey of our technique and results].
- Authors
Neumann, K; Welzel, C; Berghaus, A
- Abstract
Transsexuality constitutes a complex,permanent transposition due to a paradoxical sense of belonging to the opposite sex. The persons concerned experience such a high degree of suffering that they strive to undergo operative sex reversal. Mainly in the case of male-to-female transsexuals this may often lead to a subsequent discrepancy between the external appearance and the character of the voice,since only a deepening of the voice can be achieved by hormonal treatment and not a raising of its pitch.Also,logopedic treatment on its own cannot,as a rule, guarantee a lasting success. In order to adapt the voice as an essential aspect of human identity to the external female appearance,a variety of phonosurgical operation techniques have been developed since the seventies.
- Publication
HNO, 2003, Vol 51, Issue 1, p30
- ISSN
0017-6192
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00106-002-0654-4