December 18, 2024
If you work from home, your body is at risk for injury and pain. Read this for tips on protecting yourself in your home office.
February 13, 2024
Work from home? Too many video calls vexing your vocal cords? Try these suggestions from Weill Cornell Medicine to care for your voice.
November 28, 2022
In this episode of Back to Health, Lucian Sulica, M.D. discusses what patients should know about voice disorders as we get older.
June 9, 2022
The term “dysphagia” may be unfamiliar to most of us, but its symptoms are all too real if you experience it. The word simply means “difficulty swallowing.” During June—Dysphagia Awareness Month—we have an opportunity to learn about a process we all take for granted, and what can go wrong with this most seemingly natural of functions.
June 7, 2022
For opera singers, Broadway performers and public speakers, the voice is a professional asset, comparable to a surgeon’s hands or a pilot’s vision. But most of us tend to take our voices for granted—unless something goes wrong. During the long months of the pandemic, some people have developed vocal problems related to the heavy use of Zoom and other remote meeting platforms.
May 3, 2021
In this lively episode of Back to Health, Christine Murphy Estes, MM, MA-CCC/SLP and Scott Sussman, M.S., CCC-SLP, discuss combatting vocal fatigue in a virtual world.
April 15, 2021
World Voice Day is an annual celebration devoted to the voice and raising awareness about voice disorders. This year, the day will be full of new appreciations and optimism.
December 8, 2020
One of the most effective and essential diagnostic tools an otolaryngologist has to examine patients suffering from hoarseness is the laryngoscopy—in shorthand, “scoping.” Sometimes patients express anxiety about the procedure. Lucian Sulica, MD, director of the Sean Parker Institute for the Voice, explains what patients really need to know about laryngoscopy.
August 25, 2020
In a unique partnership, Playbill and Weill Cornell Medicine have kicked off the summer series, “Centerstage with Healthcare Heroes.” In the first installment, Broadway star Telly Leung led a discussion about how people can care for their voices, especially as many continue to work from home.
July 27, 2020
Though Broadway remains closed in NYC, we have partnered with Playbill to bring some of Broadway’s best right to you.
