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Will Rhinoplasty Affect my Singing?
To correct deviated septum, will it effect a person singing?
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Malaysia7444
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Rhinoplasty and singing
The nasal voice will change slightly depending upon how severe the deviation of the nasal septum is. There will be more resonance to the voice and the voice will actually be quite nicer after the procedure is performed and after the swelling has subsided. A septoplasty will affect the nasal voice more than a rhinoplasty. The rhinoplasty will not affect the voice appreciably.
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Be very careful having Rhinoplasty if you're a singer.
Yes, it sure could affect your voice. Changing the airflow through your nose by doing a Septoplasty could very well change the nasal quality of your voice, changing its quality and character. The mere fact of having a surgery and intubation tube placed between your vocal cords could also change your voice. IMHO, you should have a medic alert bracelet that says use LMA, not endotracheal tube for intubation and you should ask for this if you decide to have your...
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Will Rhinoplasty Affect Singing?
It's possible but doesn't usually create a problem. I discuss this with all my patients. In my experience over a number of years, including operating on vocalists, I have not had one tell me that their voice was adversely affected. If you are a highly paid professional singer, I would recommend more than one surgical opinion because I do think that it is possible for the resonance of the voice to be affected to some small degree and this might not be something you want to risk.
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"Will Rhinoplasty Effect My Singing Voice?"
Hi Maly,
Just ask Barbara Streisand, Asheley Tisdale, or listen to the late Michael Jackson. Repair of a deviated septum and/or rhinoplasty should not affect your singing. At least it hasn't in the professional singers that I have treated. Do choose your rhinoplasty surgeon most carefully. Good luck and be well.
Dr. P
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Singing and Nasal Surgery
The answer to your question depends on you to a certain degree.
While septoplasty or rhinoplasty will typically affect your nasal resonance, the change is often imperceptable to others. If a change were to occur, most singers feel that it is a positive one. Having more air flow through the nose tends to open up the resonance, reduce effort, and can help with upper register as well.
HOWEVER, if you are known for having a voice with a more closed nasal resonance, then the surgery...
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Rhinoplasty - singing voice
There is always a possibility that your singing voice could change, but it is very unlikely. In my practice I have yet to have a patient with this complaint afterwards.
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Effect of Septoplasty on Singing Voice
It is extremely unlikely that a septoplasty will change our singing voice. The only exception would be in a singer with a very nasal quality to their voice.
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Will Rhinoplasty Affect my Singing?
Rhinoplasty should not substantially affect your singing. Any change is not perceivable. Correction of deviated septum should improve your nasal airway and if you have major deviation with nasal obstruction, then it may affect your singing in a positive way by allowing you to move air through your nose better. Again it should not have a detrimental affect on your singing.
Huntington Beach Facial Plastic Surgeon
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Rhinoplasty usually causes no change in one's singing voice.
Rhinoplasty usually causes no change in one's singing voice. Fixing a deviated septum should not alter it.
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Rhinoplasty usually has very little effect on the singing voice
I differ in opinion with the popular believe that rhinoplasty will alter the voice of a singer. I used to be in a group practice with an PhD speech-language pathologist who worked with singers from pop and rock to the Metropolitan Opera. A trained singing voice is generated from the chest and larynx. The nose is excluded by the palate. A few rock and roll singers depend on a nasal quality for their sound, but most professionally trained singers will see no difference in their actual singing...
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Rhinoplasty can affect your singing
Rhinoplasty, especially with septoplasty, can change tone and degree of nasality in your singing voice, sometimes for the better, perhaps for the worse. If you are a 'pro' you should discuss the issue with your voice coach. Special caution is always deserved where tone and clarity are critical such as operatic style.
Best of luck,
peterejohnsonmd
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Rhinoplasty and voice
Fantastic question! While there is no literature describing this phenomenon, rhinoplasty can affect your singing voice. Rhinoplasty affects the breathing through the nose. Improvement in airflow through the nose allows more air to escape through the nose during speech (and singing). This in turn leads to more resonance of the voice in the nasal sinuses. This is generally a subtle change and most patients would say that their voices sounds richer, more...
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Deviated septum affect singing
All structures in the nose that affect air flow can affect your singing. If not enough air is getting in you will sound nasal, if too much air (very rare) then you sound airy.
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Will Correction of Deviated Septum Change Singing Voice
If the deviated septum is being corrected to improve nasal airflow, it may have an affect on your singing voice as some of the resonance in your voice results from nasal airflow. If the deviated septum is being corrected as part of your rhinoplasty in the absence of nasal obstruction then this should not affect your voice. In the early post operative period it is common to have some degree of nasal obstruction as a result of swelling, however, this is usually short...
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Will Rhinoplasty Affect my Singing?
A deviated septum can be obstructive and interfere with nasal breathing ,thus causing mouth breathing.
If it is deviated without obstruction then its correction is for cosmetic reason alone..
In the latter case ,straightening the septum alone may not affect your singing.
In the former situation, you may be hyponasal (similar to the case of enlarged and obstructive addenoids) with the typical hyponasal speech and thus...
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