{"product_id":"9781942769064","title":"Good Vibrations: Overcoming Spasmodic Dysphonia","description":"\u003cp\u003e I am an Evangelist, and in May 2005 my voice gave out. After speaking on a Sunday morning, a lady came up to me after the service and said, “I can’t understand you. I don’t know what you are saying.” \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI was diagnosed at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center by Dr. Clark Rosen and Dr. Jackie Gartner-Schmidt with Abductor Spasmodic Dysphonia. I declined the Botox injections and began rehabilitation being instructed in the vocal exercises developed by Dr. Raymond Smolover known as Vocal Behavior Training. Not a quick fix, but a real reversal of the paralyzing effects of SD, little by little my voice began to be restored. For three years I went to therapy twice a week and worked the other days on my own doing the exercises. I went from being able to barely make sound on eight notes on a piano to making sound on four octaves after three years of work. I did not know if I would ever talk again. (Most of the time I stayed in my bedroom.) Today I am back to public speaking and even singing, which I never even dreamed I would do again.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eGood Vibrations\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e is my story of how I had my voice restored to functional use. It is a step by step account of the exercises I did, and the fears I encountered. It also contains email correspondence of two people who were diagnosed with SD and I instructed each of them in the exercises by email with their voices being improved. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is my desire that others who are suffering from SD can receive hope and help in overcoming SD. Dr. J. Gartner-Schmidt states, \u003cem\u003e“…most professionals believe that success in voice therapy is defined as a return to a functional level of voicing…”\u003c\/em\u003e Then according to this statement these exercises have been a success for me, for I have returned to a functional level of voicing, and that is from a public speaker, an evangelist, who at times is very hard on his voice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Every Word Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47051749556464,"sku":"9781942769064","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781942769064_p0.jpg?v=1763758417","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781942769064","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}