[Course of benign dysphonia in children].

The study of a population of 45 children by examining their speech before and after puberty showed that at puberty there was no subjective complaint in 56% as far as nodules were concerned, there were normal laryngeal appearances in 80% of males compared with only 21% in females after microsurgery. This may lead to the conclusion that nodules in girls persist into adulthood, whereas those in boys tend not to persist, especially if they have had the benefit of speech therapy.