The Presbylarynx is a condition in which age-related atrophy of the soft tissues of the larynx results in weak voice and restricted vocal range and stamina. In simple - Loss of vocal fold tone and elasticity due to aging which affects voice quality.

Symptoms

The list of signs and symptoms mentioned in various sources for Presbylarynx includes the 4 symptoms listed below:
(1) Hoarseness
(2) Breathy voice
(3) Reduced voice volume
(4) Unstable voice pitch
Note that Presbylarynx symptoms usually refers to various symptoms known to a patient, but the phrase Presbylarynx signs may refer to those signs only noticeable by a doctor.

Treatment

The list of treatments mentioned in various sources for Presbylarynx includes the following list. Always seek professional medical advice about any treatment or change in treatment plans.
Voice therapy

See also

• Laryngitis
  Laryngitis
  Laryngitis is an inflammation of the larynx. It causes hoarse voice or the complete loss of the voice because of irritation to the vocal folds . Dysphonia is the medical term for a vocal disorder, of which laryngitis is one cause....
  
  
• Epiglottitis
  Epiglottitis
  Epiglottitis is an inflammation of the epiglottis - the flap that sits at the base of the tongue, which keeps food from going into the trachea . Due to its place in the airway, swelling of this structure can interfere with breathing and constitutes a medical emergency...
  
  
• Intubation
  Intubation
  Tracheal intubation, usually simply referred to as intubation, is the placement of a flexible plastic or rubber tube into the trachea to maintain an open airway or to serve as a conduit through which to administer certain drugs...
  
  
• Phonation
  Phonation
  Phonation has slightly different meanings depending on the subfield of phonetics. Among some phoneticians, phonation is the process by which the vocal folds produce certain sounds through quasi-periodic vibration. This is the definition used among those who study laryngeal anatomy and physiology...
  
  
• Voice organ
• Phonetics
  Phonetics
  Phonetics is a branch of linguistics that comprises the study of the sounds of human speech, or—in the case of sign languages—the equivalent aspects of sign. It is concerned with the physical properties of speech sounds or signs : their physiological production, acoustic properties, auditory...
  
  
• Vocology
  Vocology
  Vocology is the science of enabling or endowing the human voice with greater ability or fitness.. Its concerns include the nature of speech and language pathology, the defects of the vocal tract , the remediation of speech therapy and the voice training and voice pedagogy of song and speech for...
  
  
• Acoustic phonetics
  Acoustic phonetics
  Acoustic phonetics is a subfield of phonetics which deals with acoustic aspects of speech sounds. Acoustic phonetics investigates properties like the mean squared amplitude of a waveform, its duration, its fundamental frequency, or other properties of its frequency spectrum, and the relationship...
  
  
• Mechanical larynx
  Mechanical larynx
  A mechanical larynx, also referred to as a "throat back", is a medical device used to produce clearer speech by those who have lost their original voicebox, usually due to cancer of the larynx. The most common device is the electrolarynx which is handheld, battery operated and placed under the...