A Voice Apart

The first question you have to ask yourself is: How did I end up with such a nasty diagnosis? You may ask yourself: What have I been doing wrong with respect to my speaking or my singing voice for that matter? Analyzing the above while looking for the answer, you may remember that you have had a bad cold or virus…  At that time, your voice got quite compromised and it became raspy and hoarse. You, meanwhile, were trying to clear your throat quite hard and pushed and pulled your voice (also quite hard) to make it clearer and louder… By doing all of those things, you no doubt, have been straining your vocal cords, and therefore you have been experiencing the consequences of such actions. In the end, you ended up with pain in your throat, with an even more raspy and hoarse voice and, in some cases, even perhaps with breathing difficulties.  By the way, the latter may bring you to the next undesirable diagnosis - you may acquire asthma-like symptoms…  God forbid. Given all th...

This is a case study of Ashok N - Former Non-Surgical Voice Repair Client of South Africa: Ashok N, of Indian descent, came to us from South Africa in 2008. We were actually supposed to receive this wonderful, smart and educated man in 2005.  In order to come to us, Ashok applied for two visas, in which his wife and son were included - one was for the UK and the other one was for Toronto, Canada.   Due to the fact that he included his family, he was refused both visas - and only ended up with us three years later and finally arrived at our office and studio in December of 2008. On this note, we suggest to everybody who comes to us from India, Malaysia, Australia, and other Non-Western countries to travel alone and not to make a family vacation out of these travels.  This way, your Visa to us is more likely to be granted without delays, turbulence and tribulations Ashok actually owned and operated three companies (and definitely was not planning to defect to Canada)...