Former Connecticut Public journalist John Dankosky announced he has spasmodic dysphonia, the same vocal disorder Robert F.

Heidi Skok, a professional opera singer who performed at the Metropolitan Opera, harbored a painful secret for years.

While her arrangements also hold significant weight, her voice opened doors to her weird and wonderful world, reinventing what it meant to bend and shape vocal cords in creative ways without losing ...

the presence of warts or nodules – but when, as here, their appearance is unremarkable there are in essence three possible explanations. The vocal cords are surrounded by a mucus membrane that ...

Spasmodic dysphonia is considered a task-specific type of dystonia, which means it affects regular speech. It’s less likely ...

Given the high mobility of vocal folds, it is hypothesized that mechanotransduction significantly contributes to their tissue homeostasis. Recent studies have identified mechanosensitive proteins in ...

Marine scientists who made headlines last year with their discovery that deep sea nodules could be producing “dark oxygen” are embarking on a three-year research project to explain their findings.

OBJECTIVE: Gastroesophageal reflux has been implicated in the pathogenesis of vocal cord nodules. However, a cause-and-effect relationship has not been established. Because documentation of ...

The dock will require a power outlet to plug in, but you won't have to worry about dragging that cord around as you vacuum your floor. "Cordless vacuums operate on rechargeable batteries ...