Voice Disorders Classic Diagnosis:
Acid Reflux affecting Vocal Cords? Can it also provoke a Muscle Tension Dysphonia Diagnosis? Go Figure!!! Lately, more and more voice issue sufferers are coming to me with the most - seem to be common - diagnosis such as acid reflux affecting the vocal cords, and also muscle tension dysphonia pr ovoked by acid reflux. Why those two specific voice disorders described above are very common, you may ask? Are there any other vocal problems that people also experience? Of course, there are! The rest of them are much more obvious growths on the vocal cords or even throat - (For example, nodes, nodules, polyps , cysts, lesions, etc). But what appears to be interesting is that if the person (let’s say with a hoarse/raspy voice) is not diagnosed with any growth on their vocal cords, he/she is immediately labelled with one or the other diagnosis - i.e, either gastric acid reflux which is burning the sufferer’s vocal cords or muscle tension dysphonia, which affects primarily the neck mu