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Vocal Discords: When nodules silence singers

Twenty Thousand Hertz

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Dr. Saddlehoff's Vocal Folds Are the Source of the Human Voice

Dr. Saddlehoff is a world-renowned physician of voice medicine, which is still a relatively new field. He has written more than 60 books about the layered structure of the vocal folds. Just like professional athletes are prone to stress injuries of joints and muscles, professional singers can be prone to injuries of their vocal folds. If you speak too loudly chronically, you may enter the vocal fold acutely and get a tear or a cyst.

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