The Week of April 4th BLOG: 

Southwest Laryngology Conference Recap...

What an INCREDIBLE few days at the Southwest Laryngology Conference!!! I am truly honored to have been...

November 22, 2021

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VOICE GRATITUDE.

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Heading into this week of THANKSGIVING (!!!), I feel the need to express my feelings of gratitude towards the importance of honoring the effectiveness and...

October 26, 2021

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VOCAL FOLD HEMORRHAGE

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It’s rare that I see a vocal fold (VF) HEMORRHAGE in the clinic, and I realized I don’t have my own picture of a hemorrhage to share on a post...

October 6, 2021

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The POWER of the PAUSE

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THE PAUSE is incredibly powerful. ALL types of occupational voice users (fitness instructors, public speakers, teachers, performers, etc. etc....

September 9, 2021

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WHAT is Facial Cupping? 

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Sidenote: I LOVE RESEARCH, evidenced based medicine, and using data to guide diagnostic and therapeutic practice. However, I ALSO love holistic...

August 23, 2021

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What the HECK is a GRANULOMA?!

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By definition, a granuloma is a benign (non-cancerous) growth resulting from IRRITATION or TRAUMA, normally found at the back of the vocal folds...

August 12, 2021

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VOICE IS A SIGNIFICANT PART OF EVERY CLASS. "Data display overwhelming agreement among fitness professionals that VOICE has a significant impact on every class (100% of 230...

August 6, 2021

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IT’S ALL ABOUT AWARENESS…

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This can apply to SO many things related to our own LIVES and HABITS…BUT if we specifically focus on the LARYNX…this can...

July 29, 2021

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What is VOCAL DOSE? And HOW can it be managed? And WHY is this important?

READ ON my friends.

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In semi-scientific terms, VOCAL DOSE is the magnitude of accumulated vibrations (of...

July 15, 2021

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MORE GOOD NEWS about SOVTEs!

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A new research study (Savareh, et al., 2021) investigated the immediate effects of semi-occluded vocal tract exercises (SOVTEs) as a vocal warm-up in...