ELI5: When someone loses their voice, what actually happens to cause a lack of sound?

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ELI5: When someone loses their voice, what actually happens to cause a lack of sound?

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  1. CurtainKisses360 Avatar

    Swollen vocal cords due to allergy or dryness or infection or general inflammation.

  2. Intermidon Avatar

    Voice is created by vibrations of your vocal cords, which travel through the air and our ears detect them as sound. In hoarseness or when voice diminishes, it’s due to swelling and inflammation of the vocal cords which affects their ability to vibrate and produce sound (your voice). This is the most common cause. Other causes can be neurological conditions and masses on the cords among other stuff but I’m assuming you meant just common hoarseness from being sick!