Celeb News: Dr Zeitels: "I gave Adele her voice back and made it better"

anti-bitch

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How I gave Adele her voice back: Throat surgeon claims he made singer sound even better than before

He had the nerve-racking task of saving one of the world’s most-loved voices.

Now throat surgeon Dr Steven Zeitels has told how he knew surgery on Adele’s vocal cords had been a success when the singer gave him a ‘beautiful’ private rendition of her hit song, Rolling In The Deep.

Dr Zeitels, whose patients have included Julie Andrews, Lionel Richie, and Roger Daltrey, treated Adele at the end of 2011 after a sore on her vocal cords caused her to lose her voice.

He claims that not only did he save her voice, he even improved it.

In a two-hour operation, he used microsurgical instruments and a laser to remove a polyp and repair a burst blood vessel with skills he claims are the result of a teenage passion for sewing leather bags.

Dr Zeitels, 55, has told of his pride at the singer’s spectacular comeback, with an Oscar for Bond theme Skyfall this year.

The professor of laryngeal surgery at America’s renowned Massachusetts General Hospital, in Boston, said: ‘There was an overwhelming epiphany that I had restored this beloved voice that would bring joy to and inspire millions of people.

‘I could see using my laryngoscope that she seemed to have healed properly, but I had to see how her singing voice was faring.

‘I asked her to test her singing voice and she sang Rolling In The Deep beautifully. If anything, her voice sounded cleaner and clearer than before.

'Of course, I was overjoyed … It was a wonderful moment for both of us and one of the most memorable in my career.’

Sound of Music star Julie Andrews, 77, sought Dr Zeitels’s help after a routine operation with another surgeon in 1997 went wrong.

Despite seeing Dame Julie four times, Dr Zeitels was unable to restore her voice completely.
Adele has recalled how her voice was reduced to a whisper after developing the polyp.

Reappearing after surgery, at the Grammy Awards in February 2012, she thanked Dr Zeitels on stage in the first of six acceptance speeches.

The 24-year-old, whose full name is Adele Laurie Blue Adkins, said: ‘It was a bit traumatic. Thank God my voice healed. I stuck to all of the rules they gave me.’

She has admitted surgery changed her voice, saying it is ‘not as husky’ and is higher than it used to be.

The surgeon, who also treats throat cancer, said: ‘Cancer surgery is rather like a fight with a club, but voice-restoration surgery for benign lesions is more like fencing.

‘With the singers I’ve operated on, I don’t just have to think how it looks at the end of the procedure, but also how it will look and mechanically vibrate in several weeks when it’s healed as well as in years or even decades to come.’

Dr Zeitels is developing a gel which he claims will restore vocal cord elasticity if injected into the throat regularly.

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katyperryismylife

But after the operation, her voice changed and wasn't the same voice that people fell in love with anymore

anti-bitch

She has sang 3 times after the surgery. I think we need to hear more before making a judgement about the shape of her voice.

She sang this after the surgery as well:

Mike91

Her voice in that clip sounds incredible. We've only heard her perform 3 times after it and you can tell most of the time it's her nerves that affect her performances. The studio version of Skyfall still sounds like her old voice IMO.

Her voice has changed though but she's lucky she can even still sing at all. I thought she sounded amazing at the Oscars, its just her voice got drowned out by the music.

Plus she got pregnant, which I heard can change your voice as well.

theo.

Why did I think he was asking for a share of her profits?

SillyBandz

Let me give him Boms number

funnychick

Her voice did change after the surgery, but I'm sure she can get back to that sheer power.

B94

Her voice sounds higher in pitch imo. I think she changed her technique a bit. Anyways i'm glad she still has a voice, and still sounds good.

J a y

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Why did I think he was asking for a share of her profits?

Same.

LMFAO

Big egos are not attractive.

JadGhamloush96

So he's bragging about doing his own job? He didn't do her a favor, she paid him to heal her.
What is he expecting? A percentage from her profits?

.:Allen:.

And? Does he think he deserves a Nobel Peace Prize or something?

Frozen99

Changed or not her voice is still sweet as honey

jackieshann

What's he talking about? he made it worse

Rule the World

She still sounds good

Ice Cream Skies

I still don't really like her voice, so...

rbautz

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So he's bragging about doing his own job? He didn't do her a favor, she paid him to heal her.
What is he expecting? A percentage from her profits?

Well, there is a confidentiality agreement between Patient and Doctor.

That said, don't you think that perhaps maybe possibly mayhap Adele gave a clearance to her Doctor to talk about the operation and the healing?

You must know maybe both want to raise the awareness of people with throat problems to go to the doctor before it's to late. Could this a possibility

for you, to think of.

Dr. Zeitel gave a first interview to newspapers shortly before the Grammys in 2011 and if I recall right Adale gave a clearance for him to speak about

her condition.

Jeez, I'm not omniscient but one thing I know for sure is that the internet doesn't make people more smart.