1.   After visiting his throat specialist and receiving medication Thursday, Hearn was said to be doing much better.

2.   He started with his internist, then saw an ear, nose and throat specialist, then an ear specialist, then a neurologist, and a psychiatrist.

3.   She consulted an ear, nose and throat specialist and a neurologist.

4.   The UCLA throat specialist said the procedure was minor and the governor -- an unannounced candidate for the Republican presidential nomination -- faced no long-term threat.

5.   Until a throat specialist confirmed there was nothing serious, I was pretty scared.

6.   Two members of the American Social Science Association, a throat specialist and a judge, thought there should be a subsidiary unit for arts and letters.