hoarse adj : deep and harsh sounding as if from shouting or illness or emotion; "gruff voices"; "the dog's gruff barking"; "hoarse cries"; "makes all the instruments sound powerful but husky"- Virgil Thomson [syn: gruff, husky]

English

Etymology

Old Norse *hars, akin to Old English hās

Pronunciation

• /hɔəs, hors/
• SAMPA: /hO@s, hOrs/

• Homophone: horse

  Rhymes: -ɔː(r)s

Adjective

1. Afflicted by a dry, quite harsh voice.

Translations

Dysphonia is the medical term for hoarseness or other phonation disorders. It is considered much less severe than aphonia.

Common types of dysphonia

• organic dysphonia
• functional dysphonia
• spasmodic dysphonia

Associated conditions (incomplete list)

• Voice disorders
  • Laryngitis
  • Chorditis
  • Vocal cord nodules
  • Vocal fold cyst
  • Reinke's Edema (Smoking)
  • Laryngeal papillomatosis
• Gastroesophageal reflux disease
• Laryngeal Cancer
• Myasthenia gravis
• Hypothyroidism
• Hyperthyroidism
• Sinusitis
• Lung cancer
• Juvenile dermatomyositis
• Shouting very loudly for a period of time is another cause, this normally lasts for around a day

See also

• National Center for Voice and Speech
• Human Voice
• Vocology
• Otorhinolaryngology#Laryngology

External links

• VoiceInfo.org
• Pediatric ENT
• WrongDiagnosis
• Marshall
• NetDoctor
• Systems Analysis, Modelling and Prediction Group, University of Oxford develops novel signal analysis techniques for the detection and characterisation of voice disorders.]
• VoiceInfo.org
• Singing Voice
• National Center for Voice and Speech's official website
• The Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology at the University of Iowa's official website
• The Voice Academy's official website
• The Voice Foundation's official website

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