Larynx

11. Tiny white bumps on lips Bumps on lips go beyond just being a health issue because it lowers a person’s level of confidence, and cause emotional distress. You will often get frustrated when afflicted by tiny white bumps on lips as most of the time you may imagine the people around could be thinking you have a sexually transmitted disease. However, small white bumps on lips have various causes, some which are serious health issues while are others are simply non-issues at all. The spots we…

Broadway actors are required to maintain a higher state of physical, emotional, mental, and social stamina than many other modern day professionals in their careers. The social character that these performers have to possess not only affects their work based life, but also their personal lives as well. Once these artist debut in their first show, many people begin watching them. From people that love the show, to people that work within the industry. No other career parallels to the stress…

REASON CHIEF COMPLAINT: Vocal cords. BLANKLINE Patient has history of having had a squamous cell carcinoma of the posterior third of his tongue treated on the right side, treated with radiation and chemotherapy. He has had hoarseness since that time. He has also had a swallowing problem and a PEG tube in place. His swallowing has gradually gotten better with swallowing therapy by the speech therapist. He is seen to evaluate his vocal cords. PHYSICAL EXAMINATION When talking, he is very…

Perin v. Hayne This is a case that involved the plantiff named Irene Perin, and the defendant who was named Robert Hayne. Robert Hayne who is the defendant was accused by Irene Perin of malpractice. November, 1968, Irene Perin had an anterior approach cervical fusion procedure done. This is a surgery that removes a herniated or degenerative disc in the neck. According to Ullrich (2014), “An anterior approach cervical fusion is performed to relieve neck pain and other paid due to spinal cord…

The voice pitch is a trait that has evolved through sexual selection of humans and has become sexually dimorphic. This trait is sexually dimorphic because for males the voice pitch has the tendency to be lower and this because the ‘adam’s apple’ is a thicker layer of cartilage that influence the vocal cords in males along with higher testosterone levels predict low voice men.. For females, the voice pitch tends to be lower because without this extra layers of cartilage makes the vocal cords have…

. The organs of the upper respiratory tract are located outside the chest cavity, whereas the lower respiratory tract are located inside the chest cavity. Upper respiratory tract infection, are conditions that affects the nose, sinus, pharynx or larynx. Conditions commonly are • tonsillitis, • pharyngitis, • laryngitis,sinusitis, • otitis media, • common cold. These conditions are basically treated with antibiotics and decongestants with the use of Vitamin C Lower respiratory tract…

However, her larynx diagnosed with a minor stiffness. Amanda has also some problems swallowing food, especially when foods are drier (e.g. crackers and bread). Whenever she swallows, she feels that there is “something stuck” in her larynx, and she coughs it up. Amanda performed a slight difficulty in performance of repetitive alternating movements, such as “duh”, “tuh”, and…

Epiglottitis, Pediatric Epiglottitis is swelling and inflammation of the epiglottis. The epiglottis is a small flap of tissue at the back of the tongue. The epiglottis protects the windpipe during swallowing. It stops food and liquid from going down the windpipe. Epiglottitis can block air from going into the windpipe, which can make it hard to breathe. Epiglottitis is an emergency. CAUSES This condition is usually caused by bacteria. The bacteria infect the nose and throat. The result is…

In the yellow box, you can see that Mr. Hanson can produce nasalizations very well. In this image, he is making the /m/ sounds of “my motorcycle.” The nasal formants in the yellow boxes show the correct way to form a nasalization with low are dark first formant and a light space with little to no formant two. In these screenshots, you can see that Mr. Hanson’s speech is pretty much constantly a nasalization. In the boxes above, the blue box is his normal speech, and the green box is the when…

Strained Voice (Vocal Cords) Overview- We rely on our voices to inform, persuade, and interact with other people. For this, a disorder of phonation may prove very limiting, interfering with the ability to communicate with normal daily activities. “Dysphonia " is the medical term used for Strained Voice to indicate a generic voice alteration, qualitative or quantitative, temporary or permanent, structural or functional origin of one or more organs involved in the spoken speech. This alteration…