Not With My Wife You Don't - statement by Dr. Cooper
An ENT professor on the UCLA Medical Faculty in the
Head and Neck Division referred his wife who was diagnosed with
Spasmodic Dysphonia (SD) outside the medical center to Dr. Mort
Cooper's private practice. She regained a normal voice through Direct
Voice Rehabilitation (DVR). Today the UCLA Medical Center offers
only Botox or surgery for SD patients without affording them the
option of DVR. But not with my wife, you don't. Double standard?
The medical profession treats a condition called strangled
voice (medically known as Spasmodic Dysphonia or Dystonia) (SD)
by a substance called Botulinum Toxin (Botox) and/or surgery. The
medical profession has never had a single cure of SD by medical
treatment in over 130 years since Traube first described the condition
in 1871. Medical SD theories include: 1) neurological, 2) dystonia,
3) chemical brain imbalance, 4) dysfunctional basal ganglia, 5)
gene related disorder, 6) psychiatric.
The National Spasmodic Dysphonic Association, (NSDA),
is given a generous donation of funds by Allergan over the years.
Allergan is the maker of Botox. Why does the NSDA remain in denial
of ongoing cures of SD by Dr. Morton Cooper? Why does a representative
from the NSDA visit Dr. Cooper's office to tell him he cannot report
cures of SD if his DVR program is to be reviewed in the NDSA newsletter?
Why doesn't the NSDA tell of cures by DVR for SD patients? Why does
the NSDA and medical community collectively advise toxic medicine,
Botox, which amounts to perhaps four to ten shots each year and
every year for life, and risky surgery and no cures ever without
reporting serious side effects?
Dr. Mort Cooper has been working with and reporting
cures of SD for almost 30 years by a process called Direct Voice
Rehabilitation; he first described cures of SD in 1973 in his book
Modern Techniques of Vocal Rehabilitation. Dr. Cooper's SD patients
have been diagnosed with SD by the best medical doctors in the country
and at top-rated medical centers. Here are just a few of many cures
of SD by Dr. Cooper's DVR.
*Over one year ago, the Scripps ENT Clinic in La Jolla
diagnosed Ginger Chang, a young lady in her 20's with Spasmodic
Dysphonia. She was told that her condition was hopeless and that
she required lifelong series of Botox shots. Within one week of
Dr. Cooper's intensive program of DVR, Ms. Chang found a normal
effective voice and has remained cured of her SD.
*Some 14 years ago, Dr. Arnold Aronson at the Mayo
Clinic diagnosed extremely severe SD for Reverend James Johnson.
He was advised to have surgery; he declined. The Rev. Johnson underwent
an intensive program of DVR with Dr. Cooper for one month. He has
remained cured of his problem for 14 years.
*Paul Ward, M.D., former Chairman of the Head and
Neck Division at UCLA Medical Center, and the current chairman,
Gerald Berke, M.D. have respectively diagnosed extremely severe
SD in various patients: Dr. Ward's patient, Mrs. Whitman declined
surgery. After undergoing DVR she returned to UCLA where Dr. Ward
confirmed recovery of the normal voice which remains normal 10 years
after DVR.
*Dr. Gerald Berke, Chairman of UCLA Head and Neck
Division, diagnosed Gayle Pace with severe abductor and adductor
SD. She declined Botox and surgery treatments. Within one month
of Dr. Cooper's DVR, Mrs. Pace remains cured 10 years.
*Reverend Henry Sellers was diagnosed with "Focal
Laryngeal Dystonia" by Dr. Gerald Berke. Reverend Sellers declined
Botox from Dr. Berke. After one Botox shot from a well-known ENT,
his voice was impaired for almost a year. Dr. Cooper worked with
the minister by DVR. He is cured of SD.
*Dr. Henry J. Rubin, ENT, affiliated with UCLA Medical
Center Head and Neck Division and Cedars-Sinai ENT Division diagnosed
three SD patients, one with abductor SD and two with adductor SD.
All three were cured of SD by DVR. Dr. Rubin says Dr. Cooper is
the only one successful with SD by DVR.
*Lisa Andreson and Don Matheson were diagnosed with
SD by Ed Kantor, ENT, affiliated with UCLA Medical Center Head and
Neck Division and Cedars Sinai ENT Division. Lisa was cured of SD
working with Morton Cooper, Ph.D. respectively 21 years ago and
Don has been cured for12 years.
*R.B. had different ENTs diagnose SD. He was told
his SD was hopeless. He found Dr. Cooper and remains cured of SD
for 23 years.
*Zelda Pollack was diagnosed by Robert Feder, ENT,
affiliated with UCLA Head and Neck Division and a former Chair of
that ENT group at Cedars Sinai; he advised surgery. She declined.
Zelda found Dr. Cooper and is cured of SD over 16 years.
*Professor Taffazoli was diagnosed with SD in 1973
by Dr. Hans von Leden, who served on the UCLA and USC Head and Neck
faculty. Dr. Taffazoli underwent a program of DVR with Dr. Cooper.
He remains cured for over 25 years. Another SD patient diagnosed
by Dr. Hans von Leden remains cured for over 15 years.
*Luana Hess, M.D., was diagnosed with severe SD by
her ENT doctor. One week of intensive DVR and Dr. Hess remains cured
of her problem 2 years later.
*Denise Proudfoot tried four Botox shots for her diagnosed
SD from Dr. Gerald Berke. She prayed for another way. She found
Dr. Cooper. In a short time, she was 95% better by Dr. Cooper's
DVR program.
*Sylvia Cheek was diagnosed with SD by various ENTs.
She tried Botox shots, years of psychotherapy, four speech therapists
and remained a severe spasmodic case. After suffering for 34 years
with SD, DVR afforded this patient a clear normal voice within a
month of intensive DVR.
*Laurie Wolf was recommended to take Botox shots for
her suspected SD condition by Dr. Daniel Troung. She declined. She
underwent a program of DVR and has been cured of her voice problem
for over 3 years.
*Kim Engstrom tried 2 Botox shots. She was left without
any voice. She tried a month of intensive DVR. She has had a perfectly
normal voice for over 3 years.
The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA)
stated in 1993 that there are no cures of SD and the medical profession
and NSDA insist that SD is hopeless. Why does ASHA guarantee hopelessness
and despair in the face of ongoing cures of all types of SD by Dr.
Cooper? ASHA ethics does not allow individual members to guarantee
the outcome of any therapy. Is ASHA above its own ethics?
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