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Doctors lead World Voice Day concert
to educate about vocal health.
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any patients think their
doctors give them a song
and dance, but only one
local practice does it purposefully as a
way of educating patients.
On April 16, Dr. Adam Rubin, Dr.
Cristina Jackson-Menaldi and the
Lakeshore Professional Voice Center
will celebrate World Voice Day. Fifteen
performers will take the stage at St. John
Macomb Hospital at 6:30 p.m., after a
brief lecture on vocal health and a fun
vocal warm-up. Doctors and patients
will perform a medley of opera, musical
theater and rock-and-roll music.
World Voice Day began 10 years ago
in Brazil to raise awareness of laryngeal
cancer and has become a global effort
to expand vocal health awareness.
Smoking, shouting, drinking and poor
speaking techniques can lead to serious
vocal damage for everyday people and
especially individuals in public careers
like teachers, stage performers, attorneys
and professors. An estimated 7 million
Americans suffer from voice disorders.
"Most people take the voice for
granted — they think a certain
amount of hoarseness is normal," says
Rubin, a Harvard Medical School-
educated otolaryngologist and former
professional actor and singer.
Rubin sub-specializes in laryngol-
ogy, or care of the voice.
"Only when a vocal problem affects
a person's lifestyle or livelihood do
they consider seeing a doctor," he said.
"Hoarseness may be a result of vocal
trauma or the sign of a serious medical
problem. Delaying diagnoses can make
a problem more difficult to treat."
Rubin will perform along with voice
pathologist Marie Brown (a celebrated
local performer). Dr. Robert Fishman
(who plays guitar in a local band) and
more than a dozen others, many of
whom perform in Metro Detroit.
The concert will be preceded by a
short lecture on vocal health, given by
Rubin, and a vocal warm-up by voice
pathologist Cristina Jackson-Menaldi,
Ph.D. Rubin and Jackson-ivienaldi
comprise the "voice team" at the
Lakeshore Professional Voice Center,
part of Lakeshore Ear, Nose and
Throat Center in St. Clair Shores.
Ear-nose-and-throat medicine, or
Drs. Adam Rubin and Cristina
Jackson-Menaldi
otolaryngology, is the oldest medical
specialty in the United States. Physicians
diagnose and manage ailments of the
head and neck. The throat houses all
processes related to communication
and ingestion; ailments to the throat
can have devastating and far-reaching
effects on everyday functioning.
Careers in sales, telemarketing,
clergy and even support staff like
receptionists are ripe for vocal stress
and potential problems. A 2004 study
revealed that as many as 11 percent of
all teachers experience a voice prob-
lem. Most are preventable with proper
care, warm-up and training.
"I am fascinated by the voice;'
says Rubin. "Not only is it a beautiful
instrument when healthy, it is one of
our most effective means of commu-
nication. One small problem has the
potential for lasting detrimental effects
on even our most basic interactions.
"Early recognition and care of voice
problems is critical so that long-term
problems can be avoided. It's our goal
to empower people to not take their
voices for granted. We celebrate World
Voice Day with a concert involving
many beautiful voices as a way to edu-
cate everyone on vocal health." II
World Voice Day will be
celebrated 6:30 p.m. Thursday,
April 16, at St. John Macomb
Hospital,11800 E.12 Mile Road,
Warren, (586) 573-5000.