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Voice Health

Summer fever is in the air…the scene is set for a fun night at this neighborhood bar…drinks are flowing, the crowd is lively, but, for bartender, Daniel Thomases, he’s doing everything he can to not only serve up the best margarita in town, he’s making every effort to protect his voice…however, the noise level makes this quite the challenge.
“You are yelling to have a normal conversation,” says Daniel Thomases.

Night after night, Daniel says his voice gets abused, barely leaving him with any voice at all. “Trying to communicate trying to tell the customer the price or asking them their drink order and asking them to repeat it cause you didn’t hear them the first time or confirming it with them, whatever it might be, it’s non- stop straining of the voice,” says Daniel.

“When you scream what happens is you are snapping your vocal chords closed and that can cause damage to the vocal chord edges and that can cause swelling and then they wouldn’t close in approximate, exactly the way they should and you would get hoarse and if it becomes really bad you can even lose your voice,” explains Ear, Nose and Throat Specialist, Dr. Jordan Josephson, of Lenox Hill Hospital.

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MP3 Players and Your Hearing

Well, it’s holiday shopping season, and no doubt, many parents are going to get requests from their kids for an MP 3 player.
But before you do, you might want to hear about a health warning regarding these devices--hearing being the operative word.

MP3 players don’t have to be a problem. But, because of the way they’re designed, they’re efficiency and ease of use, and the fact they appeal to young people who like to crank up the volume, these devices end up being a set up as a serious long term threat to one’s hearing.

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BETTER TONSILLECTOMY

There is late breaking research out that shows a new way to perform tonsillectomies in children is much less painful.
There are 400,000 tonsillectomies performed each year in the u.s. It is the second most common pediatric surgery performed in this country. But it can be a painful after the operation. Now, a new approach called coblation can limit the discomfort significantly.

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