Untreatable Voice Diseases Should you give up and learn how to live with this disorder?
Indeed, should you give up or rather do something which will (at least) improve the quality of your life?
What are those untretable, nasty voice disorders?
It definitely is vocal paralysis (paresis) or both vocal
cords, the severe forms of spasmodic dysphonia,
the severe forms of muscle tension
dysphonia, scar tissue
on the vocal cords, damaged vocal box and it’s anatomy due to/or during the
surgical procedure and many more others .
Once, not too long ago, in my office/studio walked in a
middle-aged, pretty handsome Asian man with his wife. It was very sad to try to
speak with the man, as there was nothing else coming out of his mouth but
mooing.
I could not understand one word he was trying to say. Then
his wife took over the “conversation”.
She told us a story that her husband had a cancer of
thyroid. Then the doctors first were trying to get rid of the cancer, they
conducted a surgical
procedure, which had paralyzed one of his
vocal cords (vocal paresis).
Then he was suggested to undergo chemotherapy
and radiation treatments, which, naturally, worsened his voice condition.
He became even more raspy and hoarse and then became hardly
understood.
Then doctors decided to proceed with the second operation to
remove the remaining cancer from his
thyroid.
After he came out of the second surgery, his second vocal
cord was also completely paralyzed.
How horrible it might be for the man in his mid-40’s to have
communication
difficulties, to the point that he could not form any sensible words!
On one hand, of course, you cannot blame him that he was
looking for a miracle.
On the other hand, how realistic is that?
I have explained to him that his condition cannot be cured,
either by me or anybody else for that matter.
But what I could have done for him is improve the quality of
his speaking; to improve clarity, annunciation and pronunciation, if not
for all words, but for the majority of the words.
How would I do this, you may ask?
With the great difficulty, a lot of patience, huge intensity
on both of our parts, employing the tedious Vocal Science ™ method and all
of my 40 years experience, dealing with the health related (and other kinds) of
voice/vocal disorders.
I would teach him how to speak, employing facial muscles,
the use of which would make his voice at least 4 times more resonant and
amplified.
Also, employing along with facial muscles, the abdominal
muscles, would allow him to have a greater support of the sound, the proper
lift of the sound off of the vocal box and thus he would become more
understood, which means his confidence would be improved by far and the quality
of life would be more enhanced and escalated.
Unfortunately, my prospective client could not understand
how he could use the different muscles (facial muscles working in full
conjunction and coordination with the abdominal muscles) and not the vocal
cords.
Too bad for him because, as far as I am concerned, this
tedious and intense, syllable-on-syllable, word-on-word Vocal Science™ technique is the
only hope he had.
Evidently, not all vocal severe damages are curable, but
almost all of them are treatable to some degree.
It requires the understanding, willingness and 'lovingness', an
open heart & soul and true belief in the improvement of one’s condition.
Without the above, there is no point for any of the parties
involved, to embark on such, not very easy at all, endeavor.
If you find this content informative and helpful, please
refer to our websites for more detailed information, or give Diana Yampolsky a call for a
free consultation on any of the vocal problems you, or your loved one(s) might
have.
416-857-8741
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