Children given a new chance of a Better Voice

"For the better world and the happier society.

Yeson strives to make contributions to the world!'

The more we work closely together with all our heart, the better our society will be.

Yeson Medical Center is taking part in the Medical Charity Promotion to let the world know of Korea's excellent medical techniques and to give aid to patients from developing countries whose economic condition is not good enough to get medical treatments.  This is organized by the Korea International Medical Association and all treatments are made free of charge.

With the active partipation of Yeson Voice Center to promote and deliver the goals of KIMA, the center has been accommodating patients from different countries to provide good medical care to those in need.  They communicate with the patients through the help of the center's coordinators that can speak different languages, they arrange all the needs of the patient, from air fare, accommodation, and even tour during their stay in Korea, all at no cost.

There are a number of patients who are very fortunate to have already included in this program. Two of them are the Russian kids with Laryngeal Papilloma who have received surgery in October of 2011.

Ruslan is a 9 year old boy from a small town in Syberia Kisseletsk.  He lives with his mother, stepfather, and brother.  His stepfather works in a coal mine and his earnings are not enough to support his family especially his children's health needs.  They have noticed the change in voice of Ruslan and has consulted a local doctor.  He was first diagnosed of having a worsening voice secondary to stress.  There are numerous hospitals in the city, but there is still difficulty in diagnosing cases like this, showing that their medical facilities and skills are still developing.  Due to the persistence of his parents to know his condition, they insisted on having a laryngeal examination and this revealed a Laryngeal Papilloma.  He already underwent three surgeries but these has not completely removed the papilloma and has not improved Ruslan's voice.  Despite the continuous effort of his parents to find cure for their son, financial problems came which hindered them from achieving their goal and eventually lead to loss of Ruslan's voice.

Alina is a 5 year old girl from Shhtinsk located in the upper part of East in Russia.  She is living with her mother and grandmother.  Her mother is a very young single mom at age of 24. She is devoting herself to working in a wallpaper store in order to provide for her daughter.  Thay had lost contact with Alina's father and Alina's health problem have made their situation worse and even more painful.

Full of hope, anxiety, and excitement, Ruslan and Alina arrived in Incheon International Airport of South Korea on October 13, greeted and welcomed by Yeson Voice Center's Russian coordinator. They were then brought to Yeson Voice Center to meet Professor Kim Hyung-tae, the director of the hospital and the attending of the patients.  The kids were interviewed and examined meticulously using the state of the art equipments of the center.  As Ruslan's mother commented, "We were unable to see Ruslan's larynx before and it is nice to see it on the monitor for the first time."  After careful examination, Professor Kim explained to both the mothers of Ruslan and Alina their condition and the surgery to be performed.  The kids both underwent Microlaryngeal Surgery and Pulsed Dye Laser.  The Laryngeal Papilloma were completely removed with preservation of the vocal cord function.  This has made both of the mother's happy with the hope to regain their kid's normal voice.

 

They stayed in South Korea for 10 days. They did not only had the chance of having the surgery that will completely change their lives but also they experienced some fun in Lotte World and also some Korean Culture for which they truly enjoyed.

 

There is still a continuous communication with the parents of the Ruslan and Alina, they said that the kids' voice condition is better.  They are now able to enjoy life in school, can have happy conversations and laughters with family and friends and of course an enjoyable play time with their friends.

With the continuous effort of Yeson Medical Charity Promotion to provide contributions to the world through their field of specialty, more patients are able to be the next Ruslan and Alina.  A better voice for the better world and the happier society.

Patients with different voice problems from different countries are very much welcome to be a part of this charity program and experience a change that only Yeson Voice Center can bring.

 For any inquiries, please email us at english@yesonvc.com

Voice Feminization Surgery: Top 10 Q&A

Voice Feminization Surgery : Top 10 Q&A

Is Yeson’s voice feminization surgery safe and why?

The new method of voice feminization surgery, called “Vocal Fold Shortening and Advancement of Anterior Commissure,” is the world’s first treatment that does not incise the skin and get the female voice range by modifying the vocal cord to a female shape using an endoscope.

What’s the surgical process?

It is performed under general anesthesia. The surgical procedure is performed by dissecting the anterior 1/3 portion of vocal fold membrane including subglottic portion and then suturing it with a permanent material. It takes about 1 hour.

How big is the surgical portion?

Vocal Folds are of the same size about one third of your little finger and about 3-5 mm anterior portion of vocal folds will be dissected and sutured with a permanent material.

Do you provide the language service?

Our coordinators provide services in English, Chinese, Japanese and Russian in all working days.

Is there any improvement after the surgery?

It shows an average of 74.2Hz increase in one’s voice frequency after the operation.

How long should I stay in Korea?

9~10 days and you should visit out voice center three times for the examination, operation and follow-up. Generally, follow-up takes a week after from your surgery date.

What should I do to make an appointment or to get consultation?

Please E-mail us via English@yesonvc.com

What are other services included?

One-day city tour, pick-up and drop off service, etc. Please e-mail us for more details.

Any important instructions to follow before the surgery?

Any medication you’re taking currently, please notify your consultant (Aspirin and anticoagulants need to be stopped 7 days before the surgery).

How long is the recovery?

Please be informed that you are not allowed to speak for 7 days after the surgery and should minimize your conversation for up to 2 months. After that time, you can freely speak and sing. 

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Only at Yeson, you can receive the safety-guaranteed Voice Feminization Surgery. Incision is not required and Dr. Kim has the best surgery technique, which he has developed years ago. Transgenders overseas have come to Yeson Voice Center and they show high satisfaction rate on the result of this voice surgery. Yeson welcomes transsexuals from all over the world including U.S., Canada, Australia, England, Japan, Russia, China, Thailand, and etc. Coordinators help provide services in English, Spanish, Russian, Japanese and Chinese. The reasonable price and the medical tour to Korea will add value to your journey. Consult now via English@yesonvc.com Thank you

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Only at Yeson, you can receive the safety-guaranteed voice feminization surgery. Incision is not required and Dr. Kim has the best surgery technique, which he has developed years ago. Transgenders overseas have come to Yeson Voice Center and they show high satisfaction rate on the result of this voice surgery. Yeson welcomes transsexuals from all over the world including U.S., Canada, Australia, England, Japan, Russia, China, Thailand, and etc. Coordinators help provide services in English, Spanish, Russian, Japanese and Chinese. The reasonable price and the medical tour to Korea will add value to your journey. Consult now via English@yesonvc.com 

MBC broadcast about voice feminization surgery-Yeson Voice Center

Patients from France and Canada visited Yeson Voice Center to have voice feminization surgery and to experience medical tourism in Korea.

From one of our patients...

<From one of our patients; her review after receiving Voice Feminization Surgery at Yeson Voice Center>

Yes, I have had surgery with them and I would totally recommend it to anyone who's looking to have Voice Fem. Surgery. Dr. Kim who performed the surgery is using his own technique that can only be available at Yeson Voice Center. Also, there is no incision on the neck as the surgery is performed endoscopic through the mouth. I wish someone who had it done with Yeson would share their experience on the net, but I can only judge from the video on youtube. After a year of thinking through, I feel like I really need this surgery to become complete with my transition. I'm more happy with my voice surgery than my SRS (don't get me wrong, I love my SRS)...probably because I can feel more secure now talking to people w/o having to worry about getting clock. I just wanted to share my experience, as I am sure that there's plenty of people, like myself, looking for the right resources to boost up their confidence/self-esteem.

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Pre&Postoperative voice of Voice Feminization Surgery-Thailand patient

A Better Voice

Just imagine. 

You are a veritable goddess rising out of the waves, with the wind blowing your hair softly away from your beautiful face. Your facial features are just so exquisite that people cannot help but wonder if God has spent a bit more time on you than all other women. Your skin glows with health. Your bright eyes have the longest lashes and your strawberry lips pout so invitingly, as if begging to be kissed. Your body is soft and curves at all the right places and every man would melt if you would only say, "Hello."

So you smile with your perfect set of teeth, and make their dreams come true. You say "Hello."

But all they hear is a greeting from another guy who's sharing the fantasy. They turn around to see if anyone was rudely intruding into their fantasy with the goddess. 

Until they realize that it's “you”. Their goddess has the voice of... a man. 

This happens more often than people think. Our transgender friends would go to extreme length to achieve female perfection. However, a manly voice always seems to be a road block.

A brick wall that can be broken down soon… with the advent of a surgical procedure that will allow you to get that perfect goddess voice you have always longed for.

Please visit our webpage to know more of this great innovation… www.yesonvc.net

Voice Feminization Surgery: Result

The average vocal frequency increased from 137.3 Hz to 211.5 Hz, showing a 74.2 Hz increase in one’s voice frequency.  Also, different from the surgery methods described earlier, this treatment makes it possible for maintenance of matural phonation and even singing after the surgery.

There are no particular complications after the surgery, but there might be some foreign body sensations in the vocal cord and rough voice, pain in the neck, sputum and cough; but these are all temporary and with proper medication and time it will resolve.

Phonoplasty surgery should be operated through the most suitable method for each individual patient, and for this to occur, the vocal status after surgery must be predicted beforehand in order to increase a better result.

Also, the tone quality of the voice and resonance of the sound can be changed into a more female voice by changing into a more female voice by changing the shape of the pharyngeal cavity through the patient’s motivation, and by attending voice clinics and voice rehabilitations.

The most important thing about this process is that each patient should get voice feminization surgery from an experienced voice clinic, and a clinic which can provide voice rehabilitations; otherwise one cannot expect any voice improvement.  Therefore, patients must get voice feminization surgery by an experienced voice specialist.

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Voice Feminization Surgery

No matter where you are in the gender spectrum, the key to communication style is the right combination of voice that sounds natural and true to you. A lot of gender folks dress very elaborately and look like a female deity….till they utter a word.  Despite of the grace and sultry physique, they revert into construction workers and drivers.  The curves accentuated with dresses may make you look like a woman…but it is the FEMALE voice that makes you a real woman.

Voice feminization surgery is changing one’s voice to a female, and it is for those who are ohysically built as a male and also has a deep male voice, but whose acyual sexual identity is a female.  This surgery therefore, are for those who have experienced abnormal hormone functions as a child and got affected with adrogenital syndrome or androphonia, or through the side effect of the hormone treatment for aplastic anemia.

The common male voice frequency is approximately 100-150 Hz and for females it is approximately 200-250 Hz.  The reason why the male voice tone is lower than females is because the males vocal cord is bigger and longer than the females.  Therefore, this treatment makes this vocal cord shorter and thinner on the basis of the three factors.

 The new method of voice feminization surgery, called "Vocal Fold Shortening and Advancement of Anterior Commissure," is the world's first treatment that does not incise the skin and get the same result of modifying the vocal cord to a female shape using an endoscope.

This treatment which was developed by the Yeson Voice Center was presented at the Voice Foundation Association in The United States on May 29, 2007.  This VFSAAS differs from the previous methods in that it leaves less damage on the vocal cord tissue and incision is not required proving this is the best physiological method in increasing one's vocal pitch.

Voice pitch is determined by the size and length of the vocal fold.  To help you understand better, it is the same logic with a musical instrument, guitar.  Thick and long string makes a low pitch, thin and short makes a high pitch.  Male and female vocal fold sizes are different, male's is thick and long while female's is thin and short.  Vocal Fold Shortening and Advancement of Anterior Commissure was developed in Yeson Voice Center.  The surgical procedure is dissecting the anterior 1/3 portion of the vocal fold membrane, then it makes the high voice tone.

Yeson Voice Center: A Better Life with a Newer Voice

Yeson Voice Center is South Korea's first and largest institution that provides specialized care and surgery for voice.  Yeson Voice Center is a systematic and professional voice care and phonoplasty center for people who use their voice for professional purposes and to those who are physically challenged by their voice.  The center provides total care service for voice to help one have a beautiful clear voice.  It has also adapted a program for voice art and voice care from Jefferson Arts Medicine Center of Thomas Jefferson University.

Yeson Voice Center has four significant values.  To provide uppermost care wherein Yeson pursues on an "artistic voice" and help patients find confident voice with the sophisticated technologies and services.  As the Best Voice Hospital and the nation's first voice management and phonoplasty center ensuring to guard customer's right to lead a happy life by providing the best medical technology and service.  To be a family like harmony and under the vision of "The best voice center creating clear and beautiful voice."  To deliver the utmost service by bringing happiness and beauty to one's life with the voice you desire.  The medical expertise of Yeson's team and quality service will help you have a beautiful voice. 

The name "Yeson" is a combination of words "Ye" which means art in chinese character and "Son" which means sound in french.  Together, Yeson means an "Artistic Sound." 

The Director of Yeson Voice Center, Hyung-tae Kim, MD, PhD, quoted "A Better Life with a Newer Voice." A greeting from a well renowned voice specialist that beauty does not only appear from one's looks, but the true value of his/her beauty is expressed by thoughts and the voice which expresses those thoughts.  Human voice is the only gift from God that is a tool of expressing one's true spirit and mind.  Everyone deserves to have a better voice.  Your dream of having a beautiful voice begins at Yeson Voice Cneter.  Yeson will promise you to make your dream come true. 

The center started its operation in Spetember of 2003 and since then, there has been continuous progress in its pursuit of excellence, be it in medical advancement, surgical innovation, research, even book and paper publication.  They are in collaboration with numerous oraganizations to further bring forth their services closer to people not only in South Korea but even internationally. 

Yeson Artceum is the first specialized medical examination center for voice in Korea.  They provide accurate evaluation, scientific and objective diagnosis, guidelines for voice improvement, and program to detect and prevent voice disorders.  The center is equipped with the largest diagnostic facilities for voice examination.  They have three computerized voice analysis equipments, two aerodynamic examination equipments, two digital laryngeal stroboscopes and nasopharyngoscopes of Kay Elemtrics.  They have also introduced high speed vocal cord color filming equipment and phonokinetic evaluation for the first time in Asia. 

Examinations done at the Artceum includes wide range of clinical evaluation for voice: Psychoacoustic Evaluation, Phonatory Aerodynamic Test, Speech and Voice Acoustic Study, Voice Range Profile, Rhinolaryngeal Stroboscopy, Nasometer II, Screening Language Evaluation, Phonatory Pattern Screening Test, and Multichannel Phonokinetic Evaluation System. 

Various voice disorders are seen in Yeson Voice Center.  The specialists are well trained to best evaluate and diagnose Vocal Fold Paralysis; Dysphonia secondary to Vocal Cord nodule, Vocal Cord Polyp, Vocal Cord Cyst, Granulomatous Laryngitis, Reinke's Edema, Sulcus Vocalis, Laryngeal Papilloma, Laryngeal Cancer, and Laryngopharyngeal Reflux ; Spasmodic Dysphonia; and Functional Dysphonia.  The faculty are also highly specialized to perform different procedures using state of the art and up to date equipments.  Percutaneous Injection Laryngoplasty, Microlaryngeal Surgery, PDL Laryngeal Surgery, Voice Feminization Surgery and Botox Injection are done in the center.  

Microlaryngeal Surgery

Percutaneous Injection Laryngoplasty

Pulsed Dye Laser Laryngeal Surgery

Voice Feminization Surgery

Botox Injection

Furthermore, there is also a Voice Management and Rehabilitation Program for voice professional users. 

Living up with the core values of the center and unending service to patients in search for a clear beautiful voice, Yeson Medical Center is also an active participant of the Medical Charity Promotion. They aim to let the world know of Korea's excellent medical techniques and to give aid to patients from developing countries whose economic condition is not good enough to get medical treatments.  This is organized by the Korea International Medical Association and all treatments are made free of charge.  The center also provides its contribution to the society by supporting different organizations like Green Children Association, Sung Jeong Culture Association, Yeson Medical Society and providing a Medical Internship Support.