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Dec
Thyroid Cancer Awareness Month
September is Thyroid Cancer Awareness Month, an annual event to spread awareness of the effects and the importance of early diagnosis and treatment of thyroid cancer. The thyroid is a small, butterfly-shaped gland located at the base of the neck just below the Adam's apple...
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Dec
Anxiety Can Affect Your Throat
Anxiety can cause physical symptoms in just about any area of your body. But the throat seems to be a hotspot. There are multiple throat problems that can occur as a direct result of anxiety. Since there are multiple throat problems that anxiety can cause, it'll be best if ...
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Dec
5 Ways To Improve Your Voice
What's the secret of all great communicators? It’s all in the delivery. Here’s how to enhance, tone, and take care of your speaking voice. 1. Slow Down One of the most important things you can do to improve the clarity of your message is to slow down. People ten...
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Dec
The Connection Between Lupus and Voice Disorders
May is Lupus Awareness Month: Lupus is a chronic autoimmune disease in which the body's immune system becomes hyperactive and attacks normal, healthy tissue. This results in symptoms such as inflammation, swelling, and damage to joints, skin, kidneys, blood, the heart, and ...
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Dec
Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation for Swallowing
Are you experiencing any of the following symptoms of dysphagia (difficulty swallowing)? -Coughing during or after eating or drinking -Wet sounding voice (“gurgly” voice) -Extra time or effort needed to chew or swallow -Recurring pneumonia or chest congestion -Food or...
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Dec
March is Essential Tremor Awareness Month
What is Essential Tremor? Essential Tremor or ET is the uncontrollable shaking in different parts of the body due to a nerve disorder. The part of the body that is mostly affected by ET includes the arms, hands, head, larynx, tongue, and chin. In extreme cases, the lower part of ...
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Dec
The Iowa Oral Performance Instrument (IOPI)
Speech therapy for swallowing is a physical rehabilitation program conducted by a licensed speech-language pathologist offered at our Lake Mary, Orange City and DeLand office locations. Therapy is based on an individualized treatment plan with objectives and specific goals for ea...
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Dec
Therapy For Difficulty Swallowing
The ability to swallow is something we never think about until something changes and it becomes painful or difficult. The medical term for this condition is dysphagia. Some common symptoms are coughing during and after eating or drinking, throat clearing, a wet sounding voice, a ...
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Dec
How to Clear Phlegm From Your Throat
You don't really know how the phlegm in your throat got there, but removing it is kind of gross. It turns out, phlegm actually serves a useful purpose: The thick, sludgy substance—made up of mostly water, salt, and antibodies—is designed to help capture and clea...
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Dec
Hearing and Your Voice
Are people having trouble hearing what you are saying? Does it sound like you are talking loud or shouting all the time? Does your voice feel strained when you are speaking? Voice and hearing go hand and hand. We hear our own voices differently then others hear us primarily becau...
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Dec
Helpful Tips for a Healthy Voice
Increase fluid intake, 6-8 glasses of water is recommended daily (unless you are receiving dialysis and have fluid restrictions). Drinking water-based beverages improves the lubrication of the vocal folds by raising internal humidity and thinning secretions in the larynx (voice b...
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Dec
Vocal Cord Dysfunction (VCD)
Vocal cord dysfunction (VCD) or paradoxical vocal fold movement (PVFM) is an abnormal closure of the vocal cords (voice box) usually on inhalation. VCD has been frequently mistaken for asthma because the symptoms are similar. In asthma, the airways (bronchial tubes) tighten, maki...
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