Christopher Burgess

Consultant ENT Surgeon

Musgrove Park Hospital, Taunton, UK.

Latest Contribution

Voice therapy is an effective treatment for presbyphonia

1 January 2017 | | Aged vocal fold atrophy, Multidimensional analysis, Vocal function exercises, Voice therapy

The quality of an individual’s voice often declines with age. This deterioration occurs firstly as a result of vocal fold atrophy secondary to histologic alteration of the vocal fold mucosa as well as atrophy of the laryngeal musculature. Phonatory efficiency...

Alcohol consumption and the risk of developing benign laryngeal disorders?

1 November 2016 | | Alcohol consumption, Benign laryngeal disease, Binge drinking, Dysphonia, Voice disorder

Alcohol consumption among South Korean adults is apparently high, with over three quarters of the adult population consuming alcohol and a ‘high-risk’ drinking rate of one in five. Excessive alcohol consumption is considered to be a risk factor for developing...

Persistent dysphonia due to cricothyroid muscle dystonia – should we be requesting laryngeal EMGs for non-resolving ‘functional’ dysphonia?

1 September 2016 | | Cricothyroid muscle, Laryngeal dystonia, Laryngeal electromyography, Spasmodic dysphonia

This article is an interesting report of a case of persistent voice problems affecting a 43-year-old physician that significantly compromised her ability to converse and communicate at work. Specifically, she had a fluctuating voice quality that would ‘choke off’, combined...