Costs are anticipated to increase in 2022.Īll masculinization voice surgeries with or without thyroid chondroplasty (Adam's Apple reconstruction) are considered elective cosmetic procedures, and, as such, are not covered by any private or government insurance.
The following information is valid ONLY for masculinization procedures COMPLETED before 31 December 2021. As such, final results can never be guaranteed. 90% of the final surgical result depends on how one heals and the degree to which post-operative instructions are followed.
In each example the client is first reading the "rainbow passage" (pre-operative) and then re-reading the same passage at least 3 months post-operative. These examples aim to provide potential clients with realistic, achievable and reasonable expectations in most cases. The following examples represent AVERAGE results that a TYPICAL client undergoing voice masculinization could achieve. Please specify if you are or ever were a smoker, have a chronic medical condition such as diabetes, take blood thinners, or ever had surgery on your vocal cords (for any reason). Please fill out the medical and voice questionnaire E-MAIL at the top of the page AFTER having read through all of the important information here. Endoscopic-only surgery is not effective. To achieve this, voice masculinization surgery requires both an endoscopic ("through the mouth") and transcervical ("incision in a neck crease") component and takes about 2-2.5 hours in the operating room under general anesthesia. The goal of masculinization voice surgery is to make the vocal cords act thicker, longer and less tension to vibrate at a slower frequency which equates to a lower pitch. Human vocal cords vibrate in much the same way. If you look at the strings of a real piano, the lower notes have strings that are thicker, longer and less tension (think of relaxing a rubber band). A thorough pre-operative, in-person evaluation will help predict the degree the voice could be lowered under ideal conditions. There are many things that help predict the degree of expected pitch reduction, such as age (older clients have less predictable healing), whether you ever smoked have (or had) vocal fold polyps or scarring from voice abuse and where your natural SFF lies. The goal is to end up with a SFF in or near the normal cis-gendered male range. NOTE: results can never be guaranteed in anyone. Generally, pitch can be lowered up to 2/3 of an octave, or 6☒ notes, on average and in many cases for those with speaking fundamental frequency that begins in the cis-gendered female range. An octave is 12 notes on the piano (including the black keys!). The average cis-gendered male SFF is in a range about an octave lower than female, within the blue arrows in the picture. The average cis-gendered female speaking fundamental frequency is right around middle "C" on a piano (the normal range is within the pink arrows). The DEGREE of pitch reduction is finite and largely determined by the size, shape and mass of someone's larynx. It is intended for those who have tried and failed or cannot have testosterone therapy for whatever reason. PITCH LOWERING masculinization voice surgery can be performed on both pre or post GCS transgendered clients cic-gendered males and gender-neutral individuals seeking lower pitched voices. PLEASE read through EVERYTHING carefully.
Haben aims to create a voice for you that:
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