10 Jaw Cancer Symptoms
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10. Vocal Changes
Jaw and oral cancer can lead to tumors that put pressure on the vocal cords and larynx, as well as the soft and hard palates. All of these areas play a key role in speaking, so when they’re affected, they can change how patients’ voices sound.
The voice can become quieter, while a common symptom is a rougher, huskier voice that develops over several weeks and then never goes away. Hoarseness is common as well.6‘Changes in Your Speech.’ Changes in Your Speech | Mouth Cancer | Cancer Research UK, Cancer Research UK, 11 May 2018, www.cancerresearchuk.org/about-cancer/mouth-cancer/living-with/changes-speech.
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