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Bastian Voice Institute

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Bastian Voice Institute

We provide medical care and consideration for persons with voice, swallowing, and airway disorders.

10/26/2025

This singer requires removal of a polypoid nodule that therapy and time would not resolve from her right vocal cord: https://laryngopedia.com/mucosa/ During the procedure, the polyp is gently grasped and tented away from the underlying vocal ligament and muscle, vividly demonstrating how stretchable the mucosa is. Think of the way the skin on the back of your hand can be lifted without moving the hand itself.

10/24/2025

This middle-aged man became hoarse after an upper respiratory infection, and the hoarseness persisted: laryngopedia.com/cancer Examination revealed a right vocal cord lesion, and the leading diagnosis was early vocal cord cancer. After healing, the expected medial-to-lateral capillary reorientation was observed, and the patient’s voice—entirely functional though faintly rough—has remained stable and serviceable for more than ten years.

If you are struggling with a voice, swallowing, airway, or cough disorder, schedule a video call with Dr. Bastian! Send an email to info@laryngopedia.com (link in bio) to get started.

10/21/2025

After a winter cold caused this patient some difficulty breathing, her concerned husband reported noisy nighttime breathing. Laryngeal examination revealed severe glottis stenosis. One month after surgery, the glottic aperture is larger by ~50%, and the patient’s breathing restriction is gone: https://laryngopedia.com/glottic-web/ -r-treatment-of-glottic-web

10/19/2025

This 48-year-old man increasing hoarseness and a constant sore throat: https://laryngopedia.com/post-radiation-telangiectasia/ Due to bilateral abnormality and “impossible” surgical anatomy due to retrognathism, he was sent for radiotherapy rather than attempting laser resection. The sequence of ulceration and eventual telangiectasia formation is found in this series.

10/16/2025

Are doctors missing your diagnosis of spasmodic dysphonia? If so, it might be because some atypical features of your voice and voice experience are disguising the diagnosis. This video explains: https://youtu.be/eeLjoH33CaY

10/12/2025

Here is a young woman who fits the “vocal overdoer” profile and has been hoarse for many years. During surgical removal of the hemorrhagic polyp, preservation of mucosa and deeper structures of the cord routinely preserves subsequent vibratory flexibility: https://laryngopedia.com/hemorrhagic-polyp/ -polyp-with-added-rumble-at-low-pitch

10/10/2025

Vocal cord dysfunction (VCD) has become a useless term in laryngology because it is defined differently by different clinicians. Do you mean an abnormal voice? Breathing difficulty? Cough? Laryngospasm? The phrase is about as unhelpful as saying, “The man traveled in a conveyance.” One must ask: “By plane? Car? Train? Motorcycle?” https://laryngopedia.com/vocal-cord-dysfunction/

10/07/2025

Steroid + local anesthetic injections for sensory neuropathic cough are a valuable but secondary option. They offer real relief for some patients, especially those who have exhausted oral medications, but the need for repeated injection in some is not ideal, and questions remain about mechanism and optimal injection sites and technique.

Learn more at https://laryngopedia.com/steroid-and-local-anesthetic-injection-strategy-for-sensory-neuropathic-cough/

10/05/2025

If you’ve had a chronic cough for years, with each episode starting with a sudden “zing” of some sort, and with no answers despite many tests and treatments, you may have Sensory Neuropathic Cough. Its recognition has grown through peer-reviewed publications, teaching at the American Academy of Otolaryngology, and educational outreach on Laryngopedia.com.

09/28/2025

A Spasmodic Dysphonia Summary for Your Doctors

09/21/2025

This long-time smoker underwent surgical removal of Reinke’s edema (smoker’s polyps) at another institution two months prior to this examination, but achieved only marginal improvement in voice quality.

The series shown here highlights the principle of polyp reduction rather than complete eradication...The goal is to restore margin match while PRESERVING vibratory flexibility: https://laryngopedia.com/polypoid-degeneration-reinkes-edema-smokers-polyps/ -removal-of-smokers-polyps

09/18/2025

What is coughing? How do we cough? Why do we cough? Dr. Bastian explains the tightly coordinated sequence of cough physiology, some common triggers, and offers a diagnostic framework for clinicians evaluating chronic cough: https://laryngopedia.com/cough/

Coughing is far more than a simple noise. It is a complex neuromuscular reflex essential to airway protection and hygeine, but it can also become maladaptive, persisting long after its protective role is needed.

Address

3010 Highland Parkway
Downers Grove, IL
60515

Opening Hours

Monday	8:30am - 4pm
Tuesday	8:30am - 4pm
Wednesday	8:30am - 4pm
Thursday	8:30am - 4pm
Friday	8:30am - 4pm

Telephone

+16307241100

Website

https://www.bastianvoice.com/

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