When your vocal cords are worn out, varying the pitch of your voice becomes difficult, and you find yourself straining to get the words out. You may lose the ability to project or raise your voice. This symptom develops gradually, and it is more common in the later stages of vocal cord damage. Constant throat clearing. Clearing mucus from the larynx actually causes more irritation because it causes the vocal cords to bang together unnecessarily.
Neck muscles ache.
Tightness in your neck can indicate that you're using your neck muscles to get your vocal cords to close. Because of their weakened state, your vocal cords stay open, resulting in a gravelly voice. Normal voice pitch is lowered. The pitch of your voice slowly lowers even when you're not using the software. Loss of voice.