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Stroboscopic exams of patients who recovered voice were reviewed blindly to assess return of vocal fold motion.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Thirty\u2010eight of 55 patients (69%) recovered vocal function. Time course of recovery could be assessed in 34 patients who did not undergo injection augmentation. The mean time to recovery was 152.8\u2009\u00b1\u2009109.3 days (left, 179.8\u2009\u00b1\u2009111.3 days; right, 105.3\u2009\u00b1\u200993.7 days; <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u2009.088). Two\u2010thirds of patients recovered within 6 months. Probability of recovery declined over time. Five of 22 patients who recovered voice had return of vocal fold motion; 17 did not. The mean time to recovery did not differ between these groups (return of motion, 127.4\u2009\u00b1\u2009132.3 days; no return of motion, 160.1\u2009\u00b1\u2009105.1 days; <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u2009.290).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>Sixty\u2010nine percent of patients with idiopathic vocal fold paralysis recovered vocal function, two\u2010thirds doing so within 6 months of onset. Age, gender, laterality, use of injection augmentation did not influence recovery rate. Declining probability of recovery over time leads us to consider framework surgery after 6 months in patients with idiopathic paralysis.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Level of Evidence<\/jats:title><jats:p>4. <jats:italic>Laryngoscope<\/jats:italic>, 128:148\u2013152, 2018<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1002\/lary.26762","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2017,7,24]],"date-time":"2017-07-24T07:05:13Z","timestamp":1500879913000},"page":"148-152","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":48,"title":["Time course of recovery of idiopathic vocal fold paralysis"],"prefix":"10.1002","volume":"128","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-8770-8460","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Solomon","family":"Husain","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Weill Cornell Medical College New York New 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