Journal of Voice
Volume 25, Issue 1 , Pages 120-123 , January 2011

Glottoplasty for Male-to-Female Transsexualism: Voice Results

  • Marc Remacle

      Affiliations

    • Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery Department, University of Louvain at Mont-Godinne, Yvoir, Belgium
    • ,
  • Nayla Matar

      Affiliations

    • Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery Department, University of Louvain at Mont-Godinne, Yvoir, Belgium
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence and reprint requests to Nayla Matar, ENT & Head Neck Department, University Hospital of Louvain at Mont-Godinne, Dr Therasse Avenue, No. 1, B-5530, Yvoir, Belgium.
    • ,
  • Dominique Morsomme

      Affiliations

    • Audio Phonology Center, University of Louvain at Saint Lue, Brussels, Belgium
    • ,
  • Ingrid Veduyckt

      Affiliations

    • Audio Phonology Center, University of Louvain at Saint Lue, Brussels, Belgium
    • ,
  • Georges Lawson

      Affiliations

    • Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery Department, University of Louvain at Mont-Godinne, Yvoir, Belgium

,Accepted 8 July 2009.

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 Financial support and funding: the authors did not receive any financial support for the writing of this article. The manuscript is not simultaneously submitted elsewhere and has not been previously published.

PII: S0892-1997(09)00112-X

doi: 10.1016/j.jvoice.2009.07.004

Journal of Voice
Volume 25, Issue 1 , Pages 120-123 , January 2011

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