Vocal Discords: When nodules silence singers

Twenty Thousand Hertz

Dallas Taylor

Design, Music, Music Commentary, Arts

4.9 • 4.5K Ratings

🗓️ 16 September 2020

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Musicians like Justin Timberlake, Adele, Björk and Rod Stewart have all had surgery to treat vocal nodes. Nodes are so widely discussed, they've almost become a boogeyman in the singing community. But is this condition really as common as people fear? And when nodes do develop, is all hope truly lost? Featuring vocal coach Katie Talbot and Professor and Chairman of the Ear, Nose, and Throat Department at Drexel University of Medicine Dr. Robert Sataloff. Twenty Thousand Hertz is produced by Defacto Sound. Subscribe on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to see our video series. If you know what this week's mystery sound is, tell us at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠mystery.20k.org⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Support the show and get ad-free episodes at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠20k.org/plus⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Follow Dallas on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠Facebook⁠, and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Join our community on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Reddit⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Learn how you can protect your voice at nidcd.nih.gov. Episode transcript, music, and credits can be found here: https://www.20k.org/episodes/vocaldiscords Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Imagine your favorite voices, your spouse.
0:03.0	Love you, babe.
0:03.8	Your kids.
0:05.0	The barista at your local coffee shop.
0:07.3	The usual?
0:08.2	Your jam on the radio.
0:10.5	We're coming for you.
0:11.8	Your best friend's terrible rendition of that jam.
0:14.4	We're coming for y'all.
0:16.6	The voices in our lives weave a comforting sonic tapestry around us.
0:20.6	But what if one of those voices went silent?
0:23.9	You're listening to 20,000 Hertz.
0:29.9	I'm Dallas Taylor.
0:30.9	We're all aware of the ways professional athletes can be sidelined by an injury.
0:36.9	And even those of us who aren't athletes are familiar with the effects of repetitive stress on the body.
0:41.7	Things like tennis elbow, carpal tunnel syndrome, and tendinitis.
0:45.7	But there's another part of the body that's also vulnerable to injury, but rarely talked about.
0:50.5	Your vocal folds, more commonly known as the vocal cords.
0:54.8	All of our voices are part of our identity.
0:57.1	But if you're a singer, a teacher, an actor, or a vocal performer of any kind, your voice is also your livelihood.
1:04.2	Here's Katie Talbot, a vocal coach in Nashville.
1:09.1	My mirror in my room knew me as Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, Celine Dion, you name it.
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