Mr Yakubu Karagama is one of UK's leading voice doctors, Laryngologist and Ears Nose and Throat Consultants. Our clinic is one of the UK's leading clinics approved by only the best Insurance groups to ensure you receive nothing but the highest standard of treatment. We cover BUPA, PruHealth, AVIVA, Simply Health and loads more.
Contact our clinic for details. By the time I found Mr Karagama, other consultants had told me that I might have to give up hope of ever speaking properly again. I was also having difficulty swallowing and breathing. Mr Karagama told me immediately that was incorrect and I have options. He reviewed my progress and clearly explained the surgical options open to me.
Contact our clinic for details. By the time I found Mr Karagama, other consultants had told me that I might have to give up hope of ever speaking properly again. I was also having difficulty swallowing and breathing. Mr Karagama told me immediately that was incorrect and I have options. He reviewed my progress and clearly explained the surgical options open to me.
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Voice disorder can affect anyone in life. This may prevent you from carrying out your normal day-to-day life and may lead to loss of earning in some people. A professional voice user includes anyone who relies significantly on his or her voice to earn a leaving. This may be a singer, schoolteacher, an instructor, news broadcaster, sales person etc.
The symptoms are hoarse voice, throat pain, breathy voice, croaky voice, voice tiring etc. Vocal cord nodules are usually treated by voice therapy to correct the bad vocal technique. Occasionally, surgery may be required to remove them if the fail to resolve with voice therapy. The surgery is called phono-microlaryngeal surgery.
Vocal cord paralysis can be due to viral infection, neck trauma, neck or chest surgery, lung cancer, or thyroid surgery. The symptoms are hoarseness, shortness of breath, cough, choking and aspiration pneumonia. The treatment is by speech therapy and vocal cord medialisation using injection technique or thyroplasty implant.
This is a very small 4mm thick and about 30 cm long cable-like lens equipment that ENT surgeons use to examine the nasal cavities, sinuses and throat. It will usually be done during your routine out patient appointment. You will be asked to sit up right in the chair and breath normally. The endoscope is then introduced gentle through one of your nasal passages and your sinuses and throat will be visible to the surgeon through the endoscopy.
A video stroboscopy is a special method of examination of the fast vibrating vocal cords using a fibreoptic telescope. The vocal cords vibrate at the rate of about 140 per second in male and 250 times per second in female. For this reason it is impossible to assess the fine details of the vocal cord with the naked eye.
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Kay DeLay
Aug 09, 2021
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Dr Thomas felt he could rule out vocal cord dysfunction without a “challenge” even though that is standard at OHSU, where he used to (be allowed to) practice. He ruled out VCD, even though I made it clear my symptoms occurred when exposed to chemicals I am sensitive to.
He also, rudely, said: “the quality of your voice doesn’t matter, since you are not a singer.” Since my paperwork showed singing was an issue, this was particularly hurtful.
Do not waste your time seeing this has-been doctor.
He also, rudely, said: “the quality of your voice doesn’t matter, since you are not a singer.” Since my paperwork showed singing was an issue, this was particularly hurtful.
Do not waste your time seeing this has-been doctor.
B. W.
Jul 02, 2017
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