Miley Cyrus has a nodule on her vocal cord


Last week there was a story that Miley Cyrus was trying her darnedest to get fired from the Disney show that made her famous, Hannah Montana. TMZ has run several stories based on insider reports that she and her father, Billy Ray Cyrus, are showing up late to the set and generally annoying the cast and crew. Miley is rumored to be bragging that she’s going to get fired from the show and released from her contract in order to focus on her more lucrative singing career. She of course denied that she was up to any such thing, but it sounded like typical publicist spin.

Now there’s a report that gruff-voiced Miley, just 15, is suffering from a nodule on her vocal cord. Nodules often affect singers and people who have to yell or use their voice in loud conditions like cheerleaders and announcers. They’re somewhat common among singers and are not damaging to one’s health, but can potentially affect a person’s voice and derail that singing career Miley may be pinning everything on.

“Miley’s voice started getting really hoarse in late August, and she was having trouble hitting high notes that she could hit before,” says the source. “Her concerned parents took her to the doctor, who diagnosed the beginning stages of a nodule. That’s obviously not good news, especially since she’s so young.”

Fortunately, her condition was diagnosed in its early stages. A rep for Miley denies it, but the source adds her doctor recommended three weeks of vocal rest, though she gamely insisted on performing briefly at the Sept. 5 Stand Up to Cancer and Sept. 14 Concert for Hope fun-raisers, and planned to go through with her Sept. 27 concert at Connecticut’s Foxwoods Resort Casino. Her doctor also suggested she take vocal lessons to relearn how to warm up her voice properly.

“Besides vocal rest, hydration is also very important, drinking lots of fluids and using a humidifier to help shrink the nodules,” says L.A.-based ear, nose and throat specialist Ali Namazie, M.D., who has not treated Miley.

[From Star Magazine, print edition, October 6, 2008]

Star has an inset feature which lists other singerswho have had nodules including Justin Timberlake, who had an operation to remove them in May, 2005, and Mariah Carey, who has suffered from nodules all her life. That explains why she sleeps in a steam room with 20 humidifiers and a bed covered with terry cloth. It sounds like Miley will be fine if she does the recommended treatment, but is she protecting her voice as medically directed? If she performed three times this month that’s hardly following doctor’s orders

Miley Cyrus is shown out at the Coffee Bean in LA on 09/20/08. Credit: CAD/Fame Pictures. She is also shown riding her bike with her brother Noah and her little sister Cody on 9/28/08. Credit: BOY/Fame Pictures

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  1. Syko says:

    All that screaming.

  2. photo jojo says:

    I don’t care for the kid or her father but that’s gotta suck.

  3. Ssshush says:

    I bet ya that when this kid turns 20 and has done a lot of crazy stuff already ( referring to britney, lindsay, paris!) she’ll wish to be just a simple kid but it’ll be too late cuz NOW the time when she’s supposed to be one

  4. Pont Neuf says:

    Nodules don’t affect singers whose technique is appropriate and don’t try to overextend themselves. Mariah Carey’s case is very particular, because she has always had a gruelling schedule and her public always expects her to hit notes that lie far beyond her natural range. Also, constantly using superhead voice in a forceful manner is extremely damaging for one’s vocal chords.

    However, in cases like Miley Cyrus or Justin Timberlake… Well, has anyone heard them singing live? Not only are their voices atrocious, but they have trouble hitting the easiest of notes and their technique is awful. What truly surprises me is that this hasn’t happened before.

  5. Codzilla says:

    I agree with Pont Neuf. Miley doesn’t have a a voice to ruin. Bitch can’t sing.

  6. Annicka says:

    I hope her voice is destroyed. And if she really is trying to get fired, I hope she and her father try to get out of their contracts so Disney can sue them and take back the money they earned.

    Really, I hope her career is ruined. I hate this little harlot.

  7. Scooter says:

    As a trained singer, I can’t believe Miley’s never had any voice lessons…most artists are put with a vocal coach the second they go in to cut an album or go out on tour. You have to know how to stretch and warm up your voice, or you’ll do serious damage in the long run.

  8. manda says:

    I had a nodule when I was in my early 20’s. My doctor told me that it was from singing or talking without taking in air. Like, have you ever tried to drag out a note and then had to gsap for air? That is bad for your cords. I joke that mine came from talking too much, but I think I can trace it back to the Spice Girls song “Wannabe”. There is a verse where all the girls sing a line one after the other and I would try to do the whole thing and would just end up choking and coughing. And this was just in my commute to and from work.

  9. caffie says:

    I wish her daddy would stop trying to live through her. Living in the hometown he came from, I’m so tired of hearing about him… 😕

  10. kate says:

    i agree with pont neuf and codzilla: protect what voice? she’s really not very talented, she’s just a poptart, all image, no substance.

  11. anony says:

    Um, and the obvious… let’s hope no smoking either. Britney smokes like a chimney wonder if she has run into this problem? Or does this have nothing to do with nodules? Regardless if I made a living singing I would protect my voice.
    Like my friend who was a foot model who wore thick socks in doc martens all the time to protect her commodity/feet, ha.

  12. anony says:

    Oh and the large pic here on top- Miley’s mom has such a simian profile. Yikes.

  13. Alecto says:

    Hopefully she’ll loose her voice and shut up.

  14. Lola says:

    If losing her job will make her go away, then I will not pretend to be sad about that nodule. Of course I hope she ends up healthy. Out of our faces atleast.

  15. Jenn says:

    Pont Neuf is actually extremely incorrect. I’ve actually had vocal nodules and as a result i have a gained large amount of exceptional technical training. Nodules, in their own, put immense strain on the vocal chords, there is just NO way one could have a large vocal career, and keep their voice healthy. It’s why Mariah Carey’s voice has probably disintegrated over the years. Additionally, you can’t acquire nodes if you have good technical training. It’s virtually impossible. If you’re doing everything right, why should something go wrong

  16. elizabeth says:

    miley cyrus cant sing.

    thats a facttt,.
    if they had a talent for who can sing the best

    then she would win.
    but she sucks asss! 😕

  17. elizabeth says:

    ^^^^^^^^^^
    bitch!

    i mean SCREAM the besttt !
    then she would win.

    but she sings afulllly terribel.!

  18. vdantev says:

    It’s dried semen, not a nodule 😉

  19. Jeanne says:

    Lay off that wacky weed little girl. Just cuz Daddy probably smokes.

  20. miley hater says:

    she can’t sing to begin with.her voice is really normal, u know…like any other little girl out there…its not powerful, nor beautiful nor can she hit the high or low notes.a good voice come from ppl like christina aguilera or mariah carey but not miley cyrus and so it doesnt really matter if she loses her voice.she still has her millions of dollars to fall backk on and oh, by the way, it will only be a couple of years later that miley become a has-been.she seriously has got no special talent.her singing sucks, her actings so damme exaggerated and her ‘role model’ image is getting really bad.only a few more years to go before she starts falling from grace so she better go earn some more money before her ‘career’ dies out

  21. Robin says:

    She can ´t sing. But I think the most singers from Disney Channel are talentless.

  22. dvince says:

    It’s common knowlege that this little doesn’t have what it takes to be a real singer. Back in the day singers like Patti Labelle and Aretha Franklin really had to work to achieve the title of ‘diva’. Now all you have to be is some little talentless bubblegum bitch with suggestive comehither charm. Miley needs ligitimate classical voice training and disipline–or else—she’ll be right up there with other talentless heiress-type bitches. Like Britney Spears, Lindsey Lohan, Paris Hilton, ect.

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