Vocal Fold Immobility (including vocal fold paralysis)

Vocal fold immobility is the term used when one or both of the vocal folds does not move appropriately. These web pages to below describe the symptoms of vocal fold immobility and its most common causes. The treatment of unilateral (one-sided) vocal cord immobility is described at those linked sites.

 

• Function of the vocal folds and symptoms of vocal fold immobility

 

• Causes of vocal fold immobility

 

• Treatment of unilateral vocal fold immobility