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BVI Now on Facebook!
Bastian Voice Institute now has its own page on Facebook. You can go here to find our page, see photos of our office, follow our updates, and “like” us.… Read the rest
Speech Pathology Seminar for 2013: Spasmodic Dysphonia
Registration is now open for Bastian Voice Institute’s 2013 speech-language pathology seminar, entitled “Spasmodic Dysphonia: A Comprehensive Discussion with Emphasis on Phenomenology.” This year’s course is set for the morning of Saturday, April 27. Faculty includes three BVI clinicians who work regularly with spasmodic dysphonia patients: Robert W. Bastian, M.D.; … Read the rest
BVI Now on Twitter!
Bastian Voice Institute is now on Twitter. Follow us at @bastianvoicedoc to receive selected excerpts from our growing set of encyclopedia entries, photos, and videos available at Bastian Medical Media, as well as alerts when we add new entries or multimedia. Our aim is to help more people with … Read the rest
New Learning Center Content – Hypopharyngeal Stenosis
November 3, 2012 – Persons with larynx or pharynx (voicebox or throat) cancer often undergo radiation therapy as part of their treatment regimen. An uncommon complication is stenosis (narrowing, scarring) of the entrance to the upper esophagus at the junction of throat and esophagus. We have added a short video … Read the rest
New Learning Center Content — Glottic Sulcus
October 1, 2012 — Photos and videos on glottic sulcus have recently been added to the learning center, now hosted by Bastian Medical Media (http://bastianmedicalmedia.com). The encyclopedia article containing the recently added multimedia can be found here. The video can be watched here.… Read the rest
Teaching Activities–2011
January brought a trip to Minneapolis to speak before members of the Minnesota Otolaryngologic society meeting; April included sitting on a panel at the American Laryngological Association meeting in Chicago; May was Merida, Mexico for lectures and panel discussions for their national Otolaryngology meetings; June included an invitation to be keynote speaker at the … Read the rest
BVI Represented at ASHA
The annual meeting of the American Speech and Hearing Association (ASHA) was held in Philadelphia. Dr. Bastian presented to approximately 125 speech-language pathologists on the subject of Spasmodic Dysphonia (SD). His talk was intended as a comprehensive review, but included an emphasis on the vocal phenomenology of the disorder. For … Read the rest
BVI Physicians Honored
At the Opening Ceremonies of the American Academy of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery in Boston, on September 26, 2010, Dr. Brent Richardson was conferred the Honor Award, and Dr. Robert Bastian, the Distinguished Service Award. These awards are earned in part based upon “points” earned for instructional courses taught, committee … Read the rest