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The changes in voice produced as a result of External laryngeal nerve injury post thyroidectomy are all except

A
Voice fatigue
B
Hoarseness
C
Inability to sing at higher ranges
D
Poor volume and projection
High-Yield Explanation
The superior laryngeal nerve has two branches: an internal branch that supplies sensory fibers to the larynx and an external branch that supplies motor fibers to the cricothyroid muscles and tenses the vocal cords. The external branch can run closely adherent to the superior thyroid aery, and care must be exercised during dissection in this area. Injury to the external branch causes voice changes, huskiness, Poor volume and projection , voice fatigue, and inability to sing at higher ranges

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