Bilateral paralysis is much less common than unilateral paralysis of the vocal cords.
In more severe cases, the gap between the vocal cords is too large to be closed with an implant alone.
An EMG can also be used to measure the strength of the neuromuscular signal from the brain to the muscle that controls the vocal cords.
Mr. Page's condition of vocal cord paralysis is caused when one or both of the vocal cords don't open and close correctly, resulting in difficulty speaking or breathing.
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The cancer had not spread beyond the thyroid, and, in eighty-six minutes, we removed the fleshy, butterfly-shaped organ, carefully detaching it from the trachea and from the nerves to the vocal cords.
The main issue is that after surgery, the diameter of the airway is actually smaller as the relaxed position of the vocal cords prevent the passage of less breath than before the procedure.
On direct examination through the scope, an ENT surgeon (otolaryngologist) can visualize the vocal cords to observe for decreased motion of one or both of the cords as a patient makes certain phonations or sounds.
In the procedure, called injection augmentation of the vocal folds, a doctor threads an endoscope through the patient's nose or mouth into the throat, then injects a tiny amount of collagen, fat, hyaluronic acid or a gel filler into the vocal cords to plump them up.
Seth Cohen, a laryngologist and associate professor at the Duke University Voice Care Center, said Mr. Page could have wide range of ailments including acute laryngitis, which is a viral infection that causes inflammation of the vocal cords and requires resting one's voice for at least week or two.
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"Realistically, I can't see my vocal cords being ready till the summer, " said Michael.
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Luckily, "her vocal cords are not involved with the tumor, " according to her mother.
This tension spreads throughout the rest of their body until it ultimately reaches their vocal cords.
The narrator seems to be a veteran of war, and Waits gives the song his stereotypical Waits treatment, singing as though he had no vocal cords but plenty of nodes.
The former two pack a day smoker says cigarettes didn't affect her vocal cords and neither did six husbands.
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