My speech is barely a whisper alto the surgeon said the nerve was not damaged. and that it would improve in time. also the scar is very nodude in one area. Surgery performed 3 weeks ago?
Hi,
Thyroidectomy is a common but that simple procedure. Partial thyroidectomy is the same procedure only you don’t remove the whole thyroid. One of few possible side effect of thyroidectomy is voice loss. Sometimes it can be hard to speak and your sound is only a whisper and sometimes you can lose your voice totally. However this is usually a temporary thing and you should get your voice back as soon as your healing process is over. But you have to understand that there is a change of permanent damage to the voice nerves.
Three weeks should be the end stage of your healing process. I would suggest you wait one more week and see if your voice is back.