[Dysphagia] Off-topic: Unusual voice pt

[REDSOPRA1 at aol.com (REDSOPRA1@aol.com)]

Before I became a speech therapist, I was a professional singer--difficult 
field to make a living in, I'm telling you.  Hence my second profession.  

One thing to keep in mind that, with singers, fine pitch control involves a 
complex relationship among several factors including breath support and control 
of air flow, minute manipulations of the muscles of the larynx and the 
ability to make immediate adjustments based on auditory and kinesthetic feedback.  
Even very subtle changes in the way the intrinsic muscles of the larynx respond 
(ie, reduced strength and speed of response) can have a very noticeable 
change in the singer's ability to adjust pitch "on-the-fly" as it were.   

I think your patient would benefit from the advise of a singing teacher or, 
even better, a voice therapist who specializes in care of the singing voice.  

I'd be interested to hear how this works out.

Susan Hensley, MA CCC/SLP