Arizona republic features my vocal rehab workProfessionals who depend on their voices — teachers, attorneys, even exercise trainers — often are plagued with throat problems, sometimes developing nodules on the vocal cords resulting in hoarseness, reduced range and even fatigue. The #Arizona Republic recently featured a story on my work with occupational vocal injury. Read the informative article here. Having had #nodules on my vocal cords early on in my career, and finding a non-surgical, lifelong cure for vocal problems, I am passionate about helping people learn to speak and sing correctly. Read my story here. We are all speakers -- we communicate with our voices, and yet, most folks don't realize that the way they are speaking, yelling, or overusing their voices could cause chronic hoarseness, and even polyps or vocal nodules! Take care of your voice and it will be healthy for life! Would you like to learn the basics of the Lawrence Vocal System online? I have two classes coming up, taught personally by ME, that are affordable for everyone! My gift to you. MORE INFO HERE
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Do you have a fussy baby that you would like to calm and quiet? Here's an easy remedy that's FREE AND NATURAL! Read the article in my All About Voice October Voicgram. I'm really wanting to build a community of artists, singers and presenters who embrace a 'Gifting Commerce' model. Read my All About Voice Tip for November to learn more, and become part of my Circle of Abundance! The emotional and physical benefits of singing to your baby are well documented and create an essential bond with your child. Singing lullabies also helps you and your baby get needed sleep and will give you both indelible memories of a happy childhood! Read my October Voicegram for some great tips on using your voice to calm your fussy baby! This was a FASCINATING article from Popular Science. Wow, I'm impressed and encouraged - amazing! - Beth Lawrence The World's First Successfully Implanted Synthetic Larynx ComponentLab Grown Grafts Courtesy Harvard Biosciences Inc./University College London In another leap forward for regenerative/transplant medicine, an international team of surgeons working in Russia have for the first time transplanted completely synthetic pieces of larynx into two patients in procedures that mark the first steps toward creating and transplanting an entire larynx from scratch. This graft is similar to but also very different from a previous operation that saw a whole lab-grown trachea transplanted into a patient--an operation carried out by the same surgical group that has now replaced a part of the larynx. In that trachea transplant the organ came from a donor but was washed of its native cells and loaded with the patient's own cells so the new organ would not be rejected. The latest larynx procedures involved coating synthetic cellular scaffolds (rather than biological material extracted from a donor) with cells from the patients' bone marrows. Once transplanted, the pieces of larynx--known as the cricoid arch and plate, a hollow segment at the base of the larynx--spawned layers of surface cells native to the patients. In both cases, the patients' voice boxes had been so severely damaged in car accidents that they couldn't speak naturally, and in both cases the synthetic larynxes restored their capacities of natural speech almost immediately. The surgeons that performed the surgeries called them the most ambitious synthetic grafts to date and early steps toward creating a complete synthetic larynx that could be transplanted into those whose voice boxes have been damaged via trauma or disease. That's still a ways off, but the larynx is a very nuanced, complex part of the human architecture. Every organ is different of course, but if doctors can build a larynx from a patient's own bone marrow cells and a synthetic scaffold, it certainly compels one to reconsider what's impossible and what's not in the realm of regenerative medicine. If you have chronic sore throat; feel like you have to clear your throat often, or have many of the same symptoms that present as vocal nodules or polyps, you may be suffering from GERD, or acid reflux!
Many times clients think that they have nodules, when their problem really stems from GERD. In my September Voicegram I talk about this very real issue that affects singers and speakers, and give suggestions for alternative remedies that can help. Please read my Voicegram, and feel free to forward this information to others who are seeking resolution to this problem! Here's my Beth Lawrence Tip for August. If you use your voice for work, you should read this and watch the video. Please sign up for my monthly Voicegram on the homepage to get Tips and articles delivered to your email twice a month! Here's the Tip. Massage Therapists and energy workers: "Start providing a musical sanctuary for your clients, and watch the positive atmosphere it creates in your practice."
Read the article: http://www.massagetoday.com/mpacms/mt/article.php?id=14801 Here's a picture of me in Acapulco at the beginning of my career. I was singing with a fantastic show group called 'Tabasco'. This month's Voicegram talks about how to avoid the 'trap door' on stage whether you're a gigging musician or Karaoke trouper. A fun and informative read! Please join my Tribe by subscribing to my monthly Voicegram! |
From Beth LawrenceIf you're serious about singing then you've got to take care of your voice. Here are some healthy ways to do that! AuthorBeth Lawrence, Award-winning singer, songwriter and author of "From Shower To Stage...7 Easy Steps for Singing Like A Pro!" |