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Body
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Voice Care with David M. Alessi, M.D
EFFECTS OF PMS AND BIRTH CONTROL PILLS ON THE VOICE
MBADC: Are male or female singers more prone to vocal cord problems?
DA: They’re roughly about the same. Females try to push to the
higher registers so you see a little bit more vocal strain, but they’re really
basically about the same. The only thing that women have is, since they menstruate, when
they’re premenstrual they can actually have some swelling of the vocal cords. You can
get some damage there, and they also tend to have a little higher chance of being
hyperthyroid and of losing some of their thyroid hormones, and that can make them have a
little more tendency toward damage. But overall, they’re gong to be about the same.
MBADC: I was also reading that birth control pills can affect the vocal
cords. Can you explain that for us?
DA: Any performer has to be very careful what kind of birth control pills
they’re getting. Some of them, especially ones from overseas--I think there’s
one in the United States, but most of them are from overseas--If [the birth control pills]
have any androgen or male hormones in them, can lead to a permanent lowering of the voice.
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