[Treating voice problems in professional singers].
A 33-year-old male singer presented with a vocal fold polyp, a 20-year-old female singer with vocal fold submucosal bleeding, and an 18-year-old female singer with early vocal fold nodules. The vocal fold polyp was removed surgically. In the second patient vocal fold nodules were visible after resorption of the blood; they were removed surgically. The third patient was treated conservatively. A professional singer with a voice problem should be examined by an ear, nose, and throat surgeon with a special interest in disorders of the professional voice. After surgical treatment of voice problems, enough rehabilitation time should be taken for optimal recovery. Agreement about resting and rehabilitation of the voice and careful planning of the return to the stage are essential. If the singer is famous it is important that the doctor should resist the pressure exerted by management and media.
Ikazia ziekenhuis, afd. Keel-, Neus- en Oorheelkunde en Heelkunde van het Hoofd-Halsgebied, Rotterdam, the Netherlands. jw.arendse@ikazia.nl
J W Jan Willem
JW
Arendse
J J Jaap
JJ
van Twisk
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007818:Laryngeal Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D009146:Music; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D011127:Polyps / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014827:Vocal Cords / Q000473:pathology*; D014832:Voice Disorders / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000601:surgery*; D014833:Voice Quality; D055815:Young Adult