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I been having the urge to clear mucus out of my throat, went to see ent doctor and he told me to go to voice therapy? why?

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Dr. Donald Gieck answered

Globus pharyngeus?: Wondering if the diagnosis was globus pharyngeus? There is evidence that voice therapy can help reduce its impact and frequency when physiological factors cannot identified. Some sucess has been shown for these options in certain circumstances. Recommend checking out the following article: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3360444/

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Answered 7/7/2015

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A member asked:

I been having the urge to clear mucus out of my throat, went to see ent doctor and he told me to go to voice therapy? why?

A doctor has provided 1 answer

Dr. Donald Gieck answered

Dr Feola agreed

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