It is unlikely that this condition is related to his current issues with vocal cord paralysis.
Google CEO Larry Page revealed 1 day ago that he has been suffering from vocal cord paralysis.
In other cases, vocal cord paralysis may develop from an unknown cause (idiopathic).
Hoarseness, due to vocal cord paralysis after thyroid surgery, may be potentially related to injury to the recurrent laryngeal nerve.
Some people who naturally produce an unusual-sounding or hoarse voice may develop benign lesions that grow on the vocal cord, he said.
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Apparently he experienced a recurrence of his voice difficulties last summer, and now his second vocal cord or fold has limited movement.
Page revealed that his difficulties began nearly 14 years after suffering a bad cold, which apparently led to paralysis of his left vocal cord.
With a high risk for aspiration, it may be necessary to physically move the cartilage of the vocal cord as well as place an implant.
In one type of laryngoplasty, an implant made of a surgical polymer is placed inside the tracheal wall (as support) to medialize the affected vocal cord.
Mr. Page's condition of vocal cord paralysis is caused when one or both of the vocal cords don't open and close correctly, resulting in difficulty speaking or breathing.
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While this condition never really affected me other than having a slightly weaker voice than normal which some people think sounded a little funny it naturally raised questions in my mind about my second vocal cord.
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In seeing different specialists, I met one doctor Dr. Steven Zeitels from the Harvard Medical School and the Massachusetts General Hospital Voice Center who is really excited about the potential to improve vocal cord nerve function.
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Making one of his first public appearances since missing company events with vocal cord ailments last year, Page made it clear that he was unhappy with the portrayal of Google as a divisive figure in Silicon Valley.
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In a general sense, vocal cord paralysis can be more difficult to treat since the main focus is to make the folds further apart to improve the airway, but not so much as to affect the quality of the voice.
Common causes of vocal cord paralysis include viral infections, along with tumors or cancers that can compress the recurrent laryngeal nerve, a branch of the vagus nerve (which provides specific innervation to the heart as well as other vital internal organs).
She says surgery for vocal-cord nodules left scar tissue that prevents her from singing.
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