Dr. Reena Gupta is a voice doctor in Los Angeles, CA.

Read more about the article Voice Case of the Week: Lasers in Laryngology (AKA Why we should trust our singing patients)
Figure 1: Varices before laser treatment (left). Varices after treatment. Note that the pink hue of the photo is due to a lens filter that protects the surgeon’s eyes from the laser (right).

Voice Case of the Week: Lasers in Laryngology (AKA Why we should trust our singing patients)

  The patient is a 27-year-old female enrolled in a graduate level vocal performance program. She has had vocal difficulties for many years, including vocal inconsistency, intermittently decreased vocal range,…

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Read more about the article The Misdiagnosis of Vocal Nodules
Figure 1: Two images taken from the same patient’s vocal folds using fiberoptic laryngoscopy (left) and rigid stroboscopy (right). Note that the polyp seen in the stroboscopy image looks like vocal nodules in the low-resolution fiberoptic laryngoscopy image.

The Misdiagnosis of Vocal Nodules

  How do I know if I was diagnosed correctly? Question: A few months ago I began to feel like my voice didn’t have the same range it used to…

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