WHEN Carol Vaness, the opera singer, was involved in a horrific car accident she cried out so much for help as she kicked her way out of her blazing car that she damaged her vocal cords. Vaness, 52, who played the title role of Tosca opposite Luciano Pavarotti in his last performance at London's Covent Garden, knew who to turn to: the music industry's "laser doctor".
Steven Zeitels, a leading throat specialist who has treated the voices of 40 singers, including Julie Andrews, the original Maria in The Sound of Music, has now developed a pulsed laser that can safely treat their disorders without damaging the vocal cords.
Singers are the most vulnerable. The biggest risk is to opera singers, who strain their voice boxes hitting high notes, and stadium rock performers like...
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