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Conditions We Treat
The Voice, Resonance, and Swallowing Center treats children with a broad range of conditions affecting the larynx, including:
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| Dr. Dohar reviews a case with Dr. Todd Wine, pediatric otolaryngology fellow, and Beverly Richert, PhD, CRNP, nurse coordinator of the Voice, Resonance, and Swallowing Center. |
- Scratchy, weak, raspy, hoarse, or breathy voice
- Difficulty with loudness
- Increased effort to talk
- Pain or discomfort with speaking or singing
- Voice fatigue (worsening voice quality or discomfort with voice use)
- Change in singing voice
- Prolonged voice changes or unchanged voice quality in relation to puberty
- Frequent laryngitis
- Muscle tension dysphonia (feeling tightness in the throat / straining while voicing or speaking)
- Changes in voice after trauma or surgery to the neck, throat ,or larynx
- Vocal fold granulomas / nodules
- Vocal fold edema (swelling)
- Laryngeal and recurrent respiratory papillomatosis, or RRP
- Other changes to the vocal folds and how they move
- Performance voice
- Vocal resonance
- Dysphagia (swallowing difficulties or disorders)
Last Update
December 7, 2011
December 7, 2011
