The winter season has arrived. Winter months are all about snowstorms, cozy nights by the fire, big cups of hot chocolate and, unfortunately, colds and sore throats. In the winter months, it seems like everywhere you look children or adults are coming down with a cold. Viruses like the common cold often start in the throat and they are accompanied by a runny nose, coughing, sneezing, and watery eyes. Sore throats are most commonly caused by a virus. For many reasons, sore thr

You have most likely experienced hoarseness at some point in your life. Often associated with a cold or flu, hoarseness of the throat leads to strained and raspy changes in voice. However when a cold, or acute laryngitis, is not the cause of the hoarseness, something more serious may be occurring. Constant increased vocal effort and decreased voice quality should be evaluated by an ENT specialist who can identify the cause. Our voices are extremely complex. The way they work