COVID-19 appears to have paralyzed a teen girl's vocal cords, blocking her breathing to the point that surgery was required, a new case report says. The case suggests that vocal cord paralysis might ...

A healthy 15-year-old girl had her vocal cords paralyzed after contracting COVID-19. The patient was admitted with "severe respiratory distress" to Mass Eye and Ear, a member of Mass General Brigham, ...

Nov. 18, 2005 — -- A "talker," Karen Edelman says having a voice that carries far and wide is helpful as a school director of development and a mother of two kids. So she didn't waste any time ...

Most of the time, when kids accidentally gulp down a non-edible object, it travels toward the stomach. In the best-case scenarios for these unfortunate events, it's a small, benign object that safely ...

Laura holds a Master's in Experimental Neuroscience and a Bachelor's in Biology from Imperial College London. Her areas of expertise include health, medicine, psychology, and neuroscience. Laura holds ...

Whether reciting the alphabet or belting out opera, human sound-making requires a lot of action from a very small set of muscles and tissue in the mouth, throat, and diaphragm. Arguably most important ...

Woman spoke at a whisper for three months after cold caused muscles to lock up. May 16, 2011 — -- After coming down with a cold in May 2010, Erin Martin could only muster a whisper for weeks and ...

A crying baby, a screaming adult, a teenager whose voice cracks — people could have sounded this shrill all the time, a new study suggests, if not for a crucial step in human evolution. Vocal ...