{"id":164,"date":"2018-09-23T10:50:34","date_gmt":"2018-09-23T10:50:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.entspecialist.sg\/doctors-corner\/?p=164"},"modified":"2019-09-01T00:24:30","modified_gmt":"2019-09-01T00:24:30","slug":"sounding-hoarse-you-may-have-bamboo-nodes-in-your-voicebox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.entspecialist.sg\/doctors-corner\/sounding-hoarse-you-may-have-bamboo-nodes-in-your-voicebox\/","title":{"rendered":"Sounding hoarse? You may have bamboo nodes in your voicebox"},"content":{"rendered":"

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As ENT surgeons, we often see patients who are hoarse. Many of them are professionals who rely on their voice to communicate at work. Subtle changes in voice quality often go unnoticed by many of us, but they can affect the performance of singers and teachers.<\/p>\n

I recently saw a patient who noticed that her voice was a little breathy and that she had lost the ability to sing certain notes. She did not smoke and consumed little alcohol.<\/p>\n

Laryngeal videostroboscopy in clinic allowed me to examine her vocal folds in detail. This is the video of the examination. You will notice subtle slightly yellow swellings in the mid-third of her vocal cords.<\/p>\n