A 33-year-old member asked:
is vocal cord paralysis curable?
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Dr. Mark Avdalovic answered
25 years experience Pulmonary Critical Care
Possibly: Best doctor to see is an ENT specialist with interest in vocal cord disorders.
Answered on Oct 19, 2019
Dr. James Sidman answered
40 years experience Pediatric ENT and Head and Neck Surgery
It depends.: Depends on the cause, and is it unilateral or bilateral. There are procedures to make the voice pretty normal and to get rid of the other symptoms, but there is no procedure to make the nerve work completely normally.
Answered on May 21, 2015
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