Ear, Nose and Throat

Every year on April 16, otolaryngologist-head and neck surgeons and other voice health professionals worldwide join together to recognize World Voice Day. World Voice Day encourages men and women, young and old, to assess their vocal health and take action to improve or maintain good voice habits. The American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (AAO-HNS) has sponsored the U.S. observance of World Voice Day since its inception in 2002.

The theme for World Voice Day 2009, "Invest in Your Voice," reminds people of the value and significance of vocal health in everyday life.

We at eMaxHealth want to thank you for the response to the story on Gayane Tovmasyan, the 13 year old Armenian girl with the ovarian tumor. There has been $450 dollars donated at this time.

Nose bleeds often result form dry mucosa followed by the trauma of blowing the nose from allergies and/or colds. Here is some basic information on how to deal with them.

The technically correct medical term for nose bleeds is epistaxis. They are classified on the basis of the primary bleeding site: anterior or posterior.

Anterior (90% of nose bleeds)

• The most common source if bleeding is from the Kiesselbach plexus which is an anastomotic (think multiple roads coming together) network of vessels on the anterior portion of the nasal septum.

Researchers at the University of Leeds have made a significant step forward in understanding the causes of some forms of deafness.

The Leeds team has discovered that the myosin 7 motor protein - found in the tiny hairs of the inner ear that pick up sound - moves and works in a different way from many other myosins.

Accurately diagnosing and treating strep throat is the key to preventing rheumatic fever and subsequent rheumatic heart disease, according to an updated American Heart Association scientific statement published in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association.

For the 150 children born in Utah each year with hearing problems, hearing aids are critical to the normal development of speech. You can help many of these children by donating used hearing aids to the Utah Department of Health (UDOH) Hearing Aid Recycling Program (HARP).

Researchers have found a way to prevent noise-induced hearing loss in lab models; findings that may lead to a pill to prevent noise induced, and even age-related hearing loss in humans.

Nerve damage after a 2008 accident while clearing downed trees from a windstorm left Karl Gubert with left-side facial weakness. His eyelid wouldn't close, his speech was slurred and he had difficulty swallowing.

But the 21-year-old Metamora, Mich. man is back to college and his co-op job thanks in part to therapy that uses mild electrical stimulation to "jump start" muscles and nerves to work properly again.

Hearing aids can offer hope of better hearing for people who suffer from tinnitus, according to a recent survey conducted by the non-profit educational organization Better Hearing Institute (BHI). The survey of 230 hearing health professionals in the United States and Canada found that six out of ten patients reported some relief of their tinnitus when using hearing aids and two of ten reported major relief.

New data to show waiting times from referral to treatment for patients who are referred directly to audiology services is published for the first time today by the Department of Health.