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Article: Science may aid singers with damaged vocal cords
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- Daily Breeze
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- December 16, 2002
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THE LOS ANGELES DAILY NEWS
A soprano is halfway through a beast of a Verdi aria when she
starts to detect a strain in her singing voice. She soldiers on,
finishes the performance and babies herself for the next several
days.
In many cases, with proper rest, the voice retains its strength
and the singer is back in business. But when a polyp or cyst
develops, no rest or rehabilitation will correct it. When surgery is
the only course of action, a person's speaking voice is rarely at
risk. A singing voice is another matter.
"It depends on how serious it is," says Dr. Gerald Berke,
professor and chief of head and neck surgery at UCLA School of
Medicine. "Singing requires a lot of fine motor ...