Voice Therapy

1012 E. Willetta St.
Phoenix, AZ 85006
(602) 839-2317

Why do I need voice therapy?
Voice treatment involves learning new skills, voice exercises and possibly lifestyle changes. There are a number of different reasons why your voice may not be sounding or feeling as it used to:

• Neurological voice changes: Parkinson’s disease, multiple sclerosis, stroke or traumatic brain injury.
• Paradoxical Vocal Fold Motion/Vocal Cord Dysfunction (PVFM/VCD): Difficulty breathing in, sensitivity to smells, frequent throat clearing or chronic throat tickle and/or cough.
• Functional voice changes: Muscle tension, overuse, misuse/abuse, mal-adapted laryngeal posture, reduced breath support, inefficient vocal fold vibration.
• Organic voice changes: Laryngeal pathology, lesions, masses, paralysis and/or weakness of the vocal folds.
• Laryngectomy: Having part of all of your voice box removed. Voice therapy can teach you a variety of ways to adapt to this.

How do I start voice therapy?
Meet with your doctor-have your doctor send a prescription

• for Voice Evaluation and therapy
• to FAX (602) 839-6200

We will set up an appointment for a clinical voice evaluation. During this evaluation, we will:

• measure how your throat moves (laryngeal function)
• analyze your voice's sound characteristics (acoustic analysis)
• analyze the production quality of your voice (perceptual analysis and interview interpretation).

Based on the results of the clinical voice evaluation:

• You may participate in methods to visualize your throat, i.e. laryngeal video stroboscopy (LVSE).
• You may begin to work with voice therapists to manage your voice production and communication.