October 29, 2026

Surface EMG may restore speech after laryngectomy

Investigators converted silently articulated words into intelligible speech and recreated a patient's presurgical voice.

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October 23, 2026

H2-blocker tachyphylaxis may limit LPR therapy

Acid suppression wanes rapidly with repeated dosing, supporting intermittent use and phenotype-directed evaluation of persistent symptoms.

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October 05, 2026

Speech aging may differ across dementia phenotypes

Speech-derived age gaps aligned with cognition, tau pathology, social exposures, and independent measures of biological aging.

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September 29, 2026

Voice Restoration: Expanding Treatment Options

Advances like autologous platelet-rich plasma (PRP) injections are helping patients with structural disorders of the vocal folds.

Keck Medicine of USC

September 25, 2026

FDA monthly preview: Key October decisions to watch

Several FDA decisions across multiple specialties are expected this month.

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September 08, 2026

Meet Michael Johns III, MD

Meet the director of the USC Voice Center, part of Keck Medicine of USC, whose specialists are using cutting-edge technology to evaluate and treat all conditions affecting the voice.

Keck Medicine of USC

July 13, 2026

Side Effects: Signals in Strange Places

From breathier speech to breastfeeding history, metamaterial eye coils, and antifibrotic GLP-1 effects in mice, this week’s studies remind us that the most interesting signal is often hiding somewhere clinicians were not looking.

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July 09, 2026

Top 10 Evidence-Based Essentials in Otolaryngology

A structured framework of evidence-based guidelines and landmark clinical trials used in clinical practice

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June 22, 2026

Accuracy of AI Laryngeal Disorder Detection

Review of 88 studies found AI systems achieved high accuracy for identifying abnormal voices, but performance declined among higher-level laryngeal disorder classifications.

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May 06, 2026

Symptom Scores May Signal Neuropathy Risk

Early recovery symptom patterns may help clinicians identify which oropharyngeal cancer survivors warrant closer neurologic surveillance.

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