(for doctors, ENT specialists) Can haveing enlarged tonsils...? (10 pts to the best answer)?

Question

I have always had a really deep voice and I reall hate it, recently I found out that I have enlarged tonsils and adenoids and I've probably had them my entire life, could that be the cause for having a deep voice? If so will my voice sound normal after they are taken out?

Answer 1

Probably not.  Your voice isn't abnormal now and so won't be vastly different if you have a T&A.  There will be a slight change in the timbre of your voice, that is, the resonance.  But the depth will remain unchanged by this surgery.  This is determined by the size & shape of your vocal cords.  A T&A won't change that.  Besides, if your pharyngeal and palatine tonsils aren't causing a medically recognized problem, there can be no ethical or insurance-sanctioned justification for excising them.

So, although I'm not a doctor I used to worked Head & Neck surgery and I hope you'll accept my answer.

Answer 2

HAVING LARGE TONSILS REALLY SHOULDNT HAVE ANY EFFECT ON THE DEEPNESS OF YOUR VOICE, THAT IS DETERMINED BY YOUR VOCAL CHORDS. NOW, HAVING YOUR ADENOIDS REMOVED MIGHT CHANGE THE SOUND OF YOUR VOICE, AS SOME PEOPLE WITH THIS PROBLEM OFTEN SOUND "NASALY' WHEN THEY SPEAK, AND SURGERY SEEMS TO FIX THAT FOR MOST PEOPLE. HOPE I HELPED A LITTLE. SOME WOMEN JUST NATURALLY HAVE A DEEP (AND SOMETIMES RASPY) VOICE, LOOK AT DEMI MOORE!