Voice disorders and therapy during pregnancy and the postpartum period

Abstract

Voice production is a complex mechanism that starts with healthy breathing and release of air with appropriate subglottic pressure and occurs with faultless harmonization of vocal cords and resonator mechanisms to this process. A disruption in any part of this process will affect voice quality. Many systemic diseases such as hormonal dysregulation, neurological disorders, respiratory diseases, and gastrointestinal disorders can impair the process. Although pregnancy is a physiological process, it is associated with many multisystemic alterations.