Wet voice

What it means

Wet voice is a perceptual vocal quality that is gurgly or liquid sounding and is due to the voice being produced through moisture. It is commonly used as an indicator of penetration and/or aspiration in clinical swallowing assessments and bedside screening tests.

Rare diseases that can present with this1

The range is how often this sign appears among people diagnosed with each disease — it is not a probability of having any of them. Many of these signs also occur in common, non-rare conditions. A sign on this page is a conversation to have with a clinician, not a conclusion.

Part of the broader category