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Professional Voice
 
Traditionally, singers and actors are the elite group of professional voice users. However, today, anybody whose voice is integral to earning a livelihood is considered a professional voice user. This opens up the arena to teachers, lawyers, physicians, radio jockeys, politicians, receptionists and salespeople. In today’s world, it is an undisputed fact that our [...]

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Imagine getting up one fine morning with no voice. A term referred to in medical circles as “Aphonia”. That’s exactly what happened to Tanya (name changed) one week ago due to paralysis of one of her vocal folds. In her case the diagnosis of “idiopathic vocal fold palsy” has been made, which is another way [...]

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Medication is warranted in laryngitis and laryngopharyngeal reflux.Voice therapy is the first line of management for vocal fold nodules, early polyps, ventricular phonation, bowed vocal fold and vocal fold paralysis.However, if voice therapy fails to improve the voice, Phonosurgery is recommended.
A type 1 thyroplasty surgery medializes the paralyzed vocal fold using Silastic, titanium or Gore-Tex [...]

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Laryngology is today an important subspecialty in ENT. A voice clinic is run by a laryngologist and a speech language pathologist but also involves teamwork with the gastroenterologist, psychiatrist and neurologist. It is the aim of “The Association of Phonosurgeons of India” to have voice clinic in every city of India.
Stroboscopy is an important diagnostic [...]

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Voice is gaining increasing importance in the world today as a natural result of the growing numbers of professional voice users, be it a singer, teacher, politician , actor, disc jockey or a call center employee to name a few. Even in non professional voice users the importance of voice cannot be overemphasized – [...]

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The commonest cause of dysphonia (change in voice) is viral or bacterial infection of the voice-box (larynx) that is referred to as laryngitis. Dysphonia caused by laryngitis should settle in 2 weeks. A change in voice that does improve within 2 weeks needs to be seen by an ENT surgeon, preferably at a voice clinic.
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Botulinum toxin is produced by the bacteria “clostridium botulinum”. It’s the same toxin that causes a life-threatening type of food poisoning called botulism. Doctors use it in small doses to treat health problems.
One unit of this poison is lethal for mice and generally 3,500 units are lethal for humans. However in the correct dose this [...]

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Ever lost your voice? It can get pretty frustrating when that happens. Usually, it is an outcome of sudden or persistent vocal abuse. Maybe a boisterous night out with your friends lands you with a hoarse voice in the morning or overenthusiastic singing sessions. A blocked nose or infections of the voice box are common [...]

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