Introduction: Fraser syndrome is one of the rare congenital anomalies occurring when fingers or toes, and eyelid formation fail to separate during pregnancy. The purpose of this paper is to report the results of laryngeal and voice evaluation in a patient with Fraser syndrome. Case description:The case is an eleven-years-old girl with Fraser syndrome who underwent laryngeal examination with laryngoscopy and also auditory-perceptual and acoustic voice characteristics evaluations. The results of the laryngoscopy showed that the vocal folds are webbed and most of the anterior-posterior part of the vocal folds is connected. Only one cleft on the posterior part of the larynx is exist which is the child's breathe performed through it. The results of the auditory-perceptual evaluation of the voice using the GRBAS scale showed that the grade of voice disorder, asthenicity, and strain of the child's voice are very severe. Also, the results of the acoustic voice evaluations showed that the acoustic characteristics of the child's voice are outside of the normal range, and most of the time, the child's speech is voiceless, and the speech produced by the person is like whispering. Conclusions: This report indicated that laryngeal web inFraser syndrome can cause most negative effects on the auditory-perceptual and acoustic characteristics of the person's voice. Therefore, these patients need to be evaluated by visual assessment of the larynx, auditory-perceptual and acoustic assessment of voice.
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