It is helpful for singing teachers to have a basic familiarity with the nature, evaluation, and treatment of thyroid cancer, a relatively common form of the disease. Normal thyroid hormone levels are important to laryngeal function, so thyroid damage even from medical cancer treatment can cause voice problems in singers, but it will not necessarily end a vocal career.
Resource Type: Print
Resource Name: Journal of Singing
Level: Intermediate
Category: Vocal Health and Wellness
Keywords: Fine needle aspiration biopsy, FNA, FNAB, Goiter, Grave’s disease, Hashimoto’s thyroiditis, Hoarseness, Hyperthyroidism, Hypothyroidism, Medical problems, Medullary carcinoma of the thyroid, Multinodular goiter, Recurrent laryngeal nerve, Superior laryngeal nerve, Thyroid cancer, Thyroid function, Thyroid gland, Thyroid mass, Thyroid nodule, Thyroid scintigraphy, Thyroid surgery, Thyroid ultrasound, Thyroid uptake scans, Thyroidectomy, Vocal fold paralysis, Vocal fold paresis
