What is the treatment for vocal chord lesions?

What is the treatment for vocal chord lesions?

Jason Hamilton (Facial Plastic & Reconstructive Surgeon) gives expert video advice on: How do I know if I have a voice problem?; What is the treatment for vocal chord lesions? and more...

Vocal chord lesions can be treated medically or surgically. And the medical treatment involves voice rest and vocal training. Vocal training is done by a speech therapist who evaluates what habits you're doing in your daily life that are causing you to develop these lesions like nodules or polyps. By correcting those actions, for example, if you're a coach and you're yelling all the time maybe they'll tell you to use a microphone. Those can help relieve the symptoms as well as cause the nodules or the polyps to subside and kind of resolve completely. If, with this voice therapy, the nodules or polyps don't resolve, then you may need surgery to remove them physically to improve your voice. Typically no matter what type of lesion you have on your vocal chord, you will get a biopsy to kind of rule out if there's a cancer underlying them.