Comments on: Spasmodic Dysphonia: What Treatment Options Are Working?

By: Judy Rodman

Judy Rodman — Fri, 31 Aug 2018 23:02:49 +0000

Thank your the kind words!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 13 Apr 2015 23:38:16 +0000

I don't mean to be rude but when I was growing up, I was forced at the age of two years old to have my tonsils removed. The cause was recently discovered to be excessive use of DDT.
I'm a pretty healthy guy, having been a runner, 2 hours a day, lots of hard work building houses, and whenever I eat GMO foods I get a hoarse throat for at least a week. Then I am susceptible to colds and flu while in that condition, then the voice malady continues with it. All I'm saying is, is that GMO's are the likeliest cause. Just like the DDT in the fifties. No CURE?! Preposterous! There's always a cause and a cure. The cause is always a pollutant and the cure is to get rid of the pollutants and cleanse the liver and kidneys, and eat more ORGANIC foods and more Acidic foods, which invert to Alkiline PH in the body. Stop the INSANITY!
The higher pitch remedy is palaver. The Botox is Quackery. The Surgery is pumping for fees.
Please stop the insanity.

By: Judy

Judy — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 23:56:29 +0000

Thank you for your comment, Tedi… I appreciate your thoughts and experience with this. I do remember an SLP expert at the Symposium talking about "Sensory Tricks"… where you change your pitch or your accent. She said this can result in TEMPORARILY getting rid of the symptoms of SD, but that after a while, the symptoms always return. Indeed… not a cure.

By: Tedi

Tedi — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 17:25:06 +0000

The alternative practitioners you mention on your website refuse to have their "results" verified by independent authorities. So far, not a single case has been verified as cured. If someone had a cure and kept it from people by refusing to get the results verified by an independent SD specialist, they would have some credibility. The techniques they use involving altering pitch and speaking habits which do nothing but mask the SD. If anything, it can create more problems for the patient.