Video of the Human Voicebox in Action!

In honor of World Voice Day on April 16, 2017, I have created a new video showing how the voicebox is examined using a fiberoptic endoscope threaded through the nose. I created the first version of this video back in 2007 and given better and newer technology, I have decided to do a refresh including more info and examples. Of course, the video and audio quality is also way better compared to a decade ago. Check it out!

4/14/2017 0

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Breastfeeding Ultrasound

Although breastfeeding is something humans have provided longer than written history, it is only recently through ultrasound that we are only just discovering what actually is going on within the infant mouth. Here is a video showing the complex motion that tongue makes in order to obtain milk from the nipple. The key point is that the tongue moves both horizontally as well as vertically to achieve an effective and painless breastfeeding. Check it out here !

5/18/2015 0

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Treatment for Mal de Debarquement Syndrome

Image from Frontiers in Neurology Mal de débarquement is a relatively rare balance disorder that occurs usually after traveling at sea. While on the boat, symptoms are absent, but once on land, there is a persistent swaying, rocking, and/or bobbing motion that is felt internally for months and even years. Physical findings of mal de debarquement include body oscillations at 0.2 Hz, oscillating vertical nystagmus when the head was rolled from side-to-side, and unilateral rotation during t…

8/11/2014 0

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Ultrasound of Breastfeeding Baby

Ever wonder what breastfeeding looks like inside an infant's mouth? What does the tongue do exactly? Does it move up and down or is it more back and forth? How far does the nipple go into the mouth exactly? Well, using ultrasound , researchers were able to exactly see what happens during breastfeeding inside an infant mouth. The key learning point discovered from the ultrasound images is that milk expression is due to a vacuum created within the infant mouth that occurs from the …

8/05/2014 0

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Best Medication for Dizziness

So how would one go about figuring out the best medication for dizziness due to motion-sickness leading to nausea and even vomiting? Well, step 1... Put a bunch of people in a machine and figure out the necessary motions that will cause dizziness. Step 2... Do the same thing, but this time, put people on different medications and figure out what works the best. Sound crazy? Well it has been done by the friendly folks at NASA . Why would they perform such unpleasant experiments? It…

9/03/2011 0

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