The position of the vocal cord in recurrent nerve paralysis has been discussed for a long time by many authors. The Semon-Rosenbach's law of the vocal cord paralysis does not give a law which can be generally applied to all cases of recurrent nerve paralysis since. Wagner-Grossman's theory has been introduced. A clinical observation was made on 60 vocal cord paralyses experienced during the peried of January 1963 through December 1967 and following results were obtained : 1) There were 54 males (90%) and 6 females (10%), 9 times more frequent in male than female. 2) Age distribution showed predilection for 5th and 6th decades with 18 cases (30%). 3) The left side of vocal cord was most frequent site in 32 cases (53.3%). 4) Most of cases (55%) had visited within 2 months after onset of symptoms. 5) Neoplastic origin was most frequently occurred in 24 cases (40%). 6) The position of the vocal cord paralysis showed median or paramedian in 41 cases (68.3%).