Article: Protecting your voice. (repetitive strain of vocal cords from using a voice-recognition system)

Article: LOCAL CENTERS GIVE VOICE TO SILENCED VOCAL CORDS
The Boston Globe;  July 30, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... clearly, and stubbornly, wrong with my vocal cords. I had been hoarse for several weeks ... like me who have abused and inflamed vocal cords. A hundred years ago, most people ... that use - and abuse - the delicate vocal cords in the throat, most notably teachers ...

Article: BOSTON TEAM UNVEILS PLAN TO RESTORE DAMAGED VOCAL ...
The Boston Globe;  June 14, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... to the challenging art of repairing vocal cords. It is a cause personified by Julie ... late 1990s after an operation on her vocal cords resulted in significant damage. "I ... voice is a danger-fraught science. Vocal cords are among the human body's most complex ...

Article: Swollen vocal cords can make you hoarse
Post-Tribune (IN);  January 11, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... hoarse voice is caused by irritation of the vocal cords in your throat, called laryngitis (pronounced ... two small, stretchy membranes -- your vocal cords. When you are not talking, your vocal cords lie open so that air can pass from your ...

Article: Swelling of the Vocal Cords Can Make You Hoarse, Of ...
The Washington Post;  January 3, 2007 ;     614 words ... ... hoarse voice is caused by irritation of the vocal cords in your throat, called laryngitis (pronounced ... two small, stretchy membranes -- your vocal cords. When you are not talking, your vocal cords lie open so that air can pass from your ...

Dictionary definition: vocal cords
The Oxford Dictionary of English Grammar;      402 words ...vocal cords Two folds of muscle and connective tissue ... Also vocal folds .) Technically, the vocal cords are not cords or strings at all, but ... from the lungs. The space between the vocal cords is the GLOTTIS . The main function of ...

Article: NEW JAPANESE ROBOT MAKES SOUNDS WITH OWN VOCAL ...
AsiaPulse News;  October 10, 2003 ;     500 words ... ... robot that vocalizes by passing air across vocal cords in the same manner as humans. The vocal cords are made from rubber, as are the muscles ... with a rubber tongue, lips, a nose and vocal cords. A pump unit functions as the lungs to ...

Article: When vocal cords are quieted
The Record (Bergen County, NJ);  August 16, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... Bergen County, NJ) 08-16-2005 When vocal cords are quieted By WILLIAM HATHAWAY, THE ... malfunction of the muscles that control the vocal cords. Her labored speech is a sort of forced ... malfunction of muscles that bring the vocal cords together. Unfortunately for Peterson ...