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The Voice - SUMMER 2020 - SINGING WHEN SICK CLINICAL GUIDANCE

7 Aug 2020

It is people in all related disciplines throughout the world incumbent upon those of us in positions of leadership will look to interdisciplinary individual and organiza- or influence to promulgate knowledgeable and indi- tional leaders to learn what we advise, and to observe vidualized policies and to be transparent and infor- how we behave. [...] While the degree to which are heavy social voice users, this tial part of the evaluation to discern oral or intramuscular steroids alter often provides a great opportunity if any phonotraumatic lesions are the vocal folds acutely is uncertain, to emphasize to them the impor- present or if significant edema or the general sense of increased tance of their daily voice load as hemorrhage are the caus. [...] It can dance and work to optimize their be beneficial remind them of the vocal health – part of the equation divas of the classical era who were is simply ensuring that people instructed to limit their words to are aware of the compre- only to those for which they are hensive services provided paid. [...] Performers well and back to good voice is of the tions, and bacterial infections can may complain of vocal roughness utmost importance to maintain their all be difficult to manage in the and decreased range. [...] Another difficult decision to be well, I will treat the symptoms with It is often important for the phy- considered in sick performers with conservative measures and allow sician to communicate with the VF inflammation is whether or not the patient to perform.
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