Would You Have Voice Surgery?

[Guest angelina1813]

This is such a touchy subject for me.

I've been living as a woman for over 20 years and im 37 now.

Ofcourse the majority of my manly voice stems from my stupid ciggarette smoking.

However, in the past I've tried to fish my voice ( sound higher) but my friends always say I sound fake and to just use my natural voice.

Most people double take when I open my mouth but also they get very confused because I look really feminine and act fem so sometimes they think that I'm just one of those girls with a deep voice. I've been told by older women that I have a very rich , deep , and sensual voice like an actress of their time.

So funny.

But I still wish I had a more fem voice. I get so terrified to talk to men because of it. That is ofcourse if im drunk and totally uninhibbited. Then I'm totally myself.

Now does the surgery realy give you that squeaky fake voice? I heard one girls voice after the surgery and i was like... What? the hell?

lol

Help!

[Guest Felicia Anne]

there are moments where i consider this... but then, i remember 2 things:

1) i like the effort and craft i am giving to re-define my voice on my own

2) if i got rid of my voice, i wouldn't be able to do the daphne zumiga "the princess is a bass!" impersonation from spaceballs!

[JenniferB]

No, because I've read that voice surgery doesn't help that much anyway, let alone I'm sure it is expensive. Plus with vigilant practice one can find their female voice.

{{{Hugs}}}

Jenny

[Guest Daiyu Hurst]

I'm just working on it as best I can; singing songs made popular by female vocalists seems to help (Petula Clark, Lulu, Nancy Sinatra, Gayle Garnett, Karen Carpenter, Carole King, etc). After a song, my speaking voice sounds a lot more feminine.

But I'd never want to give up the ability to use the tenor singing voice I worked for so long to develop. Plus, that old male voice lends poignancy to a Gary Puckett & the Union Gap song that I parody as:

"This Boy is a Woman Now"

[Guest chinee]

well voice surgery is not really a good idea to make your voice female, how many of here become successful in making there voice passable as a woman by just having a personal voice training?

[Guest Robin Winter]

My endocrinologist is getting me a referral for a new program that's been started locally. It's a voice therapy group for trans-women. I'm not certain yet what if any costs are involved, but being a group thing, it has to be cheaper than the traditional coaching, right? We'll see...

Personally, I have a very deep voice, so yes I've considered the idea of surgery and I still think about it now and again. I've not made any decisions, but it would certainly be a last resort for me. I've heard the horror stories.

My endocrinologist is getting me a referral for a new program that's been started locally. It's a voice therapy group for trans-women. I'm not certain yet what if any costs are involved, but being a group thing, it has to be cheaper than the traditional coaching, right? We'll see...

Personally, I have a very deep voice, so yes I've considered the idea of surgery and I still think about it now and again. I've not made any decisions, but it would certainly be a last resort for me. I've heard the horror stories.

I've since rethought this. I think it's something I would definitely consider, now. Dr. Brassard, at least, feels that it's reached a point where they have a fair chance of predicting the results, so IF after a consultation it was determined that I could probably benefit from the surgery, and if I could afford it, of course, then I would very likely give it serious consideration.

[Guest Kelly-087]

Currently I doubt I'd have a surgery..

As while I can sound very masculine at times, my voice does shift around, which leads me to believe I could train it..

And honestly, I find the actual method of training it more interesting, as this is a part of myself I want to discover.

And that's an area of they body that I very hesitant to have surgery, especially with the amount of heavy running I do.

[Guest Cerawmn]

Where do I sign up? If I could afford it I would have the surgery done NOW!

[Guest Cerawmn]

Although I'm told that my voice is already very feminine, what could a little reassurance hurt?

[Guest LizMarie]

While I realize this is an older post, I wanted to comment. I've already begun thinking about this and doing research. Why? Because my situation is unlike most. One of my vocal cords is paralyzed and to compensate an implant was inserted. That cord only vibrates at one basic pitch but it does allow me to speak. One thing that interests me is the possibility of altering that one cord or changing the implant in some manner which would allow me to achieve higher pitch without a "dual tone" in the voice, or at least less of it. A higher pitched dual tone would be acceptable as I can always also explain that one cord is paralyzed.

However, in researching I came across voicedoctor.net, a website operated by Dr. James P. Thomas. He has, since 2004, been experimenting with slightly different techniques than were tried in the past. In addition, he focuses on voice specifically, not just the physiology of the larynx.

There are audio samples at his website and the samples are rather amazing in most cases. He states up front that the degree of help you may get can vary from person to person and he advises consultation to determine the best course of action. Since his work began in roughly 2004, which is the date from which I see many references from Anne Lawrence and others expressing concerns about how effective voice surgery actually is, I wonder if he's simply been overlooked in the intervening years?

[Guest LauraJen]

Yes - it would be nice to have a surgical means to gain a totally girl-like voice, but if that was possible every MTF would be getting it done. Maybe someday.

Lizzy

To be fair I have heard some excellent results from things like LAVA (Laser Assisted Voice Adjustment), but it can either be very good or catastrophically bad, as in losing your voice altogether if it goes wrong!

I voted yes in the poll, but only would have it if my voice turned out to be so bad that it's unworkable.

[KathrynJulia]

I just received the advanced CD from kathy perez from exceptionalvoice.com Her first 3 CD Rom set was simply outstanding and I have to that I used my female voice on my daughter today and she did'nt recognize mt voibe, Kathy Perez is a speech pathologist living in Denver and has worked withy TG woman from all over the world. .I purchased the advanced CD and have been using it for two days now, My projection of my voice is almost equal to genetic females as a result of my practicing from Kathy's training. I highly recommend that you go to Exceptionalvoice.com Kathy will help you obtain your exceptional feminine voice. Katheryn

[Guest KarenLyn]

I haven't been "sirred" over the phone or in person in close to 15 years. I spend a lot of time on the phone and talking to patients in person and I'm quite satisfied with my voice. I guess I've always been kind of backward in that I started passing on the phone before I did in person.