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Giving Voice to the Voiceless

DS — Fri, 10 Apr 2015 15:41:24 +0000

Those who cannot speak are being given new hope. Six percent of the US population has a voice disorder that, unfortunately, often leads to the inability to speak. Usually arising from vocal cord damage, Harvard and MIT researchers have been tirelessly working on a solution to this vocal cord problem.

Thanks to modern gel technology, they might have found one! A new synthetic gel material can be injected into scarred or damaged vocal cords to help restore their function. By looking at the vocal cords from almost a mechanical standpoint, scientists developed a fix for the scar tissue — rather than a new way to remove it.

The flexible gel material can adapt to a wide range of human vocal cords and helps restore the cords’ ability to vibrate, thus loosening up the stiffened, scarred vocal cords enough to (hopefully) restore voice. Although, if approved, this material would need to be re-injected every six months or so – as it does break down over time – it is a very promising solution to a problem that has long been “silenced.”

Dr. Michelle Yagoda is not only an expert ENT and facial plastic surgeon, but she is a voice specialist as well. If you find you are having problems with your voice, make sure to see the proper doctor: Voice issues have many causes, and their treatments depend on the proper diagnoses.

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Does your throat hurt when you sing?

DE — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 14:29:33 +0000

Does your throat hurt when you sing? If so, you may not only have difficulty controlling the pitch, volume or quality of your voice, but you may injure your vocal chords.

Think Jessica Sanchez on Idol Top 3.

After 35 Years, She Can Speak Again!

DS — Fri, 04 May 2012 16:28:05 +0000

A Kentucky woman is able to speak again after doctors operated on her larynx-

Embrace your voice, understand that you are unique and that your voice is your instrument- use it loudly and clearly. Above all, take care of it to the best of your ability. We only have one voice…

To ensure proper functionality, call Dr. Yagoda. She specializes in voice care and can keep you sounding beautiful.

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