Comments on: American Idol – Vocal Cord Paralysis http://www.perbristow.com/57/american-idol-vocal-cord-paralysis/ Tips, Advice, News on Voice, Communication & Performance Sun, 29 Jan 2012 01:49:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Carolyn http://www.perbristow.com/57/american-idol-vocal-cord-paralysis/comment-page-1/#comment-12293 Carolyn Sun, 15 Aug 2010 08:33:06 +0000 http://www.perbristow.com/american-idol-vocal-cord-paralysis.htm#comment-12293 I would like to know if anyone has heard that maybe total rest from talking would heal this horrible disorder I would like to know if anyone has heard that maybe total rest from talking would heal this horrible disorder

]]> By: James http://www.perbristow.com/57/american-idol-vocal-cord-paralysis/comment-page-1/#comment-12280 James Fri, 13 Aug 2010 01:04:49 +0000 http://www.perbristow.com/american-idol-vocal-cord-paralysis.htm#comment-12280 I read this article as another person mentioned and I read that other options existed but what are they and what are the resources to access them?  Please if anyone has it send to me at  <a href="mailto:3679golden@gmail.com" rel="nofollow">3679golden@gmail.com</a>.  I lost my voice over night and my Dr. says the same thing it is a viral infection and to wait it out.  If there are other options I want to explore them.   Thanks I read this article as another person mentioned and I read that other options existed but what are they and what are the resources to access them?  Please if anyone has it send to me at  3679golden@gmail.com.  I lost my voice over night and my Dr. says the same thing it is a viral infection and to wait it out.  If there are other options I want to explore them.
 
Thanks

]]> By: hugo http://www.perbristow.com/57/american-idol-vocal-cord-paralysis/comment-page-1/#comment-2651 hugo Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:45:56 +0000 http://www.perbristow.com/american-idol-vocal-cord-paralysis.htm#comment-2651 I lost my voice on semptember 23, 2007, eleven months ago. Doctor called it idiopathic vocal cord paresis. I've been treated with reflux medication, wait-and-hope-for-the-best-approach, then the doctor at about 6 months into the paresis he injected collagen into right vocal cord to give it mass and bring it to the mid line and allow the other vocal cord to do most of the work. That turn sour, as the injections cause cyst to grow. Now im dealling with the recovery from the microflap incision to remove the cyst. I don't want to give up and also want to know about remedies and treatments to speed up recovery. should've i had gotten EMG. should i try accupunture , chinese herbs. I lost my voice on semptember 23, 2007, eleven months ago. Doctor called it idiopathic vocal cord paresis. I’ve been treated with reflux medication, wait-and-hope-for-the-best-approach, then the doctor at about 6 months into the paresis he injected collagen into right vocal cord to give it mass and bring it to the mid line and allow the other vocal cord to do most of the work. That turn sour, as the injections cause cyst to grow. Now im dealling with the recovery from the microflap incision to remove the cyst. I don’t want to give up and also want to know about remedies and treatments to speed up recovery. should’ve i had gotten EMG. should i try accupunture , chinese herbs.

]]> By: Larry B http://www.perbristow.com/57/american-idol-vocal-cord-paralysis/comment-page-1/#comment-2326 Larry B Mon, 21 Jul 2008 23:26:53 +0000 http://www.perbristow.com/american-idol-vocal-cord-paralysis.htm#comment-2326 Your Jan. 24th post was the first moment in the two yrs since I began suffering with vocal cord paresis that I was given hope... however, you did not elaborate. Beyond vocal training to help the muscles deal with and compensate for the loss of nerve impulse to one cord (as in my case), thus making the best of what's left, how can one regain nerve and muscle function, as you claim? How can we, as you say, speed up nerve recovery? Get a fully functional voice again? Please share this information, or direct me to place to find out. In my own case, I had a beautiful, supple, and naturally resonant voice for 44 years. Then, after a brief throat infection, I essentially lost the use of one side. The ENTs I've been to tell me that the damage may be due to virus but is also due to acid reflux. Acid reflux meds have not resolved the problem. I can fake my way through a song, working the way one would to, say, run on a pulled hamstring. The pleasure and natural feeling of singing is gone. The resonance is gone, replaced witha thinner, sometimes tinny sound. Even my very accurate sense an control of pitch has been affected (I can think the right note, but my control is no longer consistent). My range is diminished, my falsetto nearly gone. And the act of singing so contorts the muscles in half my throat that it is not enjoyable, and I feel sore and phlegmy for hours after. You are correct, Per — MDs offer little more than an EMG test to determine chances for therapeutic partial recovery or surgery. I've tried threapy, accupuncture, Chinese herbs, acid-reflux meds, and more. Please share the remedies and treatments of which you speak. Your Jan. 24th post was the first moment in the two yrs since I began suffering with vocal cord paresis that I was given hope… however, you did not elaborate. Beyond vocal training to help the muscles deal with and compensate for the loss of nerve impulse to one cord (as in my case), thus making the best of what’s left, how can one regain nerve and muscle function, as you claim? How can we, as you say, speed up nerve recovery? Get a fully functional voice again?
Please share this information, or direct me to place to find out.
In my own case, I had a beautiful, supple, and naturally resonant voice for 44 years. Then, after a brief throat infection, I essentially lost the use of one side. The ENTs I’ve been to tell me that the damage may be due to virus but is also due to acid reflux. Acid reflux meds have not resolved the problem. I can fake my way through a song, working the way one would to, say, run on a pulled hamstring. The pleasure and natural feeling of singing is gone. The resonance is gone, replaced witha thinner, sometimes tinny sound. Even my very accurate sense an control of pitch has been affected (I can think the right note, but my control is no longer consistent). My range is diminished, my falsetto nearly gone.
And the act of singing so contorts the muscles in half my throat that it is not enjoyable, and I feel sore and phlegmy for hours after.

You are correct, Per — MDs offer little more than an EMG test to determine chances for therapeutic partial recovery or surgery. I’ve tried threapy, accupuncture, Chinese herbs, acid-reflux meds, and more.

Please share the remedies and treatments of which you speak.

]]> By: Al http://www.perbristow.com/57/american-idol-vocal-cord-paralysis/comment-page-1/#comment-1148 Al Mon, 14 Apr 2008 19:19:18 +0000 http://www.perbristow.com/american-idol-vocal-cord-paralysis.htm#comment-1148 Hello. I am a singer who had Vocal cord paralysis. I waited about 3ish years and no result, so I went with a vocal cord reinervation surgeory. Basically they sever that nerve, and connect one of the other nerves your body doesn't use(there are drillions) to it. It gives you the best chance of it coming back, and if it does comeback a decent quality to it. It takes about a year to for your body to train the new nerve. It didn't work for me, but others have had success with it. I've got what's left of my voice and trying to maximize it. Hello. I am a singer who had Vocal cord paralysis. I waited about 3ish years and no result, so I went with a vocal cord reinervation surgeory. Basically they sever that nerve, and connect one of the other nerves your body doesn’t use(there are drillions) to it. It gives you the best chance of it coming back, and if it does comeback a decent quality to it. It takes about a year to for your body to train the new nerve. It didn’t work for me, but others have had success with it. I’ve got what’s left of my voice and trying to maximize it.

]]> By: bobby http://www.perbristow.com/57/american-idol-vocal-cord-paralysis/comment-page-1/#comment-559 bobby Thu, 07 Feb 2008 06:53:48 +0000 http://www.perbristow.com/american-idol-vocal-cord-paralysis.htm#comment-559 I was diagnosed with vocal chord paresis by two different ENTs, along with reflux. Got my reflux fixed, no more paresis. It seems sometimes reflux causes trauma to the chords and prevents them from functioning properly. Hope this helps. I was diagnosed with vocal chord paresis by two different ENTs, along with reflux. Got my reflux fixed, no more paresis. It seems sometimes reflux causes trauma to the chords and prevents them from functioning properly. Hope this helps.

]]> By: Neen http://www.perbristow.com/57/american-idol-vocal-cord-paralysis/comment-page-1/#comment-551 Neen Sat, 26 Jan 2008 14:33:31 +0000 http://www.perbristow.com/american-idol-vocal-cord-paralysis.htm#comment-551 I have been sick for well over two months and have had A LOT of throat problems, my throat continues to be red though the phlegm is not as bad but now my nasal passages are dry and blocked... I used to sing so beautifully and it feels like my voice is ruined... I am singing like everyone else.. my beautiful voice is not working... I've no idea what to do =( Singing was my life. I have been sick for well over two months and have had A LOT of throat problems, my throat continues to be red though the phlegm is not as bad but now my nasal passages are dry and blocked…
I used to sing so beautifully and it feels like my voice is ruined… I am singing like everyone else.. my beautiful voice is not working… I’ve no idea what to do =( Singing was my life.

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