Long term voice loss
So around January 2026 I got a viral cold that was going around that nobody really knew what it was. It lasted for nearly 2 months and near the end of that two months was when I started to lose my voice because the cold was so bad that I coughed for about two months straight. I’m pretty sure I severely strained my vocal cords in doing so or I’ve done something of the sort. Safe to say that even now, all the way in August, I still have a very horse voice I work with the elderly and the hard of hearing so my voice is pretty much always gone by the end of every work week it only ever recovers a little bit. I never have fully gotten my voice back ever since I lost it from coughing continuously in January February, and the beginning of March so since then I’ve just sounded pretty much sick or like I’ve been screaming all day and night for weeks.
My question: will I need to go get surgery for this? Is it possible for my Voice to go back to normal? I don’t even remember what I sound like anymore and I can’t do one day of talking loud or having to raise my voice without starting with almost no Voice the next day . HELPP