Voice Case of the Week: The Effects of Alcohol on the Voice
The patient is a 26 year old male who presented with a 3 week history of hoarseness. He denied any other symptoms, including throat pain, postnasal drip, or throat clearing.…
Outpatient Surgical Center Safety
The recent unexpected death of Joan Rivers has raised many concerns about the safety of outpatient surgery. While the details of this case may never become public knowledge, it is…
Voice Case of the Week: Sometimes it is Reflux
The patient is a 34 year old male opera singer who presented with decreased vocal range, throat clearing, and pitch breaks during sustained phonation. He has noted changes over the…
Voice Case of the Week: Larynx Injury from Inhalation
The patient is 32 year old female who has noted gradual worsening of her voice over the past year and a half. She is not a voice student and is…
A trial of voice therapy was suggested and the patient was compliant. However, she did not note any improvement. A decision was therefore made to perform conservative surgery. Intraoperatively, this is the image of her vocal folds. Note that operative views are rotated 180 degrees, so that right is right and left is left (unlike office laryngoscopy which is like a mirror – left is right and right is left).
Voice Case of the Week: When Nodules Need Surgery
The patient is a 32 year old singer who presented with significant worsening of her voice over a 3 month period. She is typically in meetings for most of the…
Voice Case of the Week: Who Needs a Laryngeal Surgeon?
The patient is a 34 year old male professional singer who presented with difficulty in his vocal break. His speaking voice sounded slightly raspy to him but more troublesome was…
Voice Case of the Week: Prolonged Vocal Hemorrhage from Herbal Supplements
The patient is a 43 year old female who presented with occasional hoarseness for the past year. She noted her voice was normal at times. Her most recent episode of…
Voice Case of the Week: Voice and Emotion
A 23 year old female singer, well-known to the practice, presented with new onset of vocal symptoms. She noted that things had been going well since her last screening visit,…