Clinical profile of hoarseness of voice.

A study comprising of 110 cases of hoarseness was carried out in the department of otolaryngology—HNS, M.G.I.M.S., Sewagram between Jan. 1998 and Sept. 1999. Age of patients ranged between 6 to 71 years. Male to female ratio was 2∶1. Labourers constituted the single largest group of patients (36.36%). Rural to urban ratio was 3∶1. Duration of hoarseness ranged from 1 day to 5 years. Acute laryngitis was the commonest cause of hoarseness.