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Institute study describes how probability of recovery in idiopathic vocal fold paralysis changes over time

The probabilty of recovery in idopathic vocal fold paralysis is almost always stated as aggregate rate for all affected patients. Examination of the Parker Institute experience shows that this does not reflect clinical reality well. In a paper published in the January 2018 issue of The Laryngoscope, Husain and co-athors show that the probability of spontaneous recovery changes, decreasing over the course of the condition until it reaches near-zero at slightly more than one year from onset.

Laryngologist Anaïs Rameau, MD MPhil, joins Institute Faculty

Anaïs Rameau, MD MPhil, fellowship trained in laryngology with special expertise in swallowing disorders, has joined the faculty of the Sean Parker Institute.  Dr. Rameau, a board certified otolaryngologist-head and neck surgeon, completed residency at Stanford University and fellowship training at UC Davis, under the mentorship of Peter Belafsky, MD PhD.

The Parker Institute's Inaugural Seminar for Singers Features Guest Speaker Joan Lader in Program Promoting Vocal Health in Performers

Co-sponsored by MusiCares and Weill Cornell's Center for the Performing Artist, the Sean Parker Institute for the Voice offered a program of lectures and demonstrations about vocal health aimed at performers on Monday November 13. The inaugural event drew a capacity crowd, underlining the need for education in this area. Legendary voice trainer and therapist Joan Lader was featured as a guest speaker in a program that also covered phonatory anatomy and physiology, the mechanisms of injury and its treatment, and the Institute's own evidence-driven approach to treating performers.

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