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Cleveland Clinic’s fellowship-trained laryngologists have advanced training in treating dysphonia. Each of our speech-language pathologists has extra education in conditions impacting the voice and upper airway.
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Your voice is as unique as your fingerprint and helps you communicate with the world. Sometimes, your voice may change after illness, injury or overuse.
Dysphonia is a medical term that describes changes to the quality of your voice like hoarseness, reduced volume or uneven sounds. Our dedicated otolaryngologists (also called ear, nose and throat specialists), laryngologists (doctors specializing in the voice box) and speech-language pathologists work together to develop personalized therapies to treat dysphonia.
Cleveland Clinic’s fellowship-trained laryngologists have advanced training in treating dysphonia. Each of our speech-language pathologists has extra education in conditions impacting the voice and upper airway.
Dysphonia can have many causes. Our team brings together experts with different specialties to ensure accurate diagnosis. This means you get a customized treatment plan tailored to your needs. Meet our team.
Understanding how you use your voice each day is critical to diagnosing and treating dysphonia. We get to know you and include you in decisions about your treatment. We record diagnostic tests to show how you create sounds and we work with you to make needed changes.
Our experts talk with you to learn more about when your symptoms began. Many different conditions can cause dysphonia. These include:
Dysphonia can also happen when you overuse your voice, such as talking too loudly or speaking for long periods. Our experts will ask you about how you typically use your voice and your medical history. A laryngologist will examine you and may perform:
Our office is located at Cleveland Clinic's main campus in the A Building - Crile Building. We also offer treatment for dysphonia at many locations throughout Northeast Ohio.
Living with a raspy voice can be challenging. Our dysphonia experts design treatment and therapy plans to preserve and strengthen the quality of your voice. We offer:
When inflammation or illness cause dysphonia, our experts may use medications or specialty therapies to treat you. We may prescribe:
We treat certain causes of dysphonia with injections, including:
When growths on the vocal cords or changes to their structure cause dysphonia, our skilled surgeons can help. Depending on your diagnosis, we may recommend:
Our speech-language pathologists create individualized voice therapy plans to strengthen muscles that support your voice. We help improve how air flows from your lungs and how your body makes sounds (vocal biomechanics).
If you need surgery, our speech therapists work with you before the procedure so you know what to expect. We also provide exercises after surgery (post-surgical voice rehabilitation) to help your voice heal.
If you’re noticing changes in your voice that you suspect might be dysphonia, don’t hesitate to seek help. There’s a wide variety of treatments available that can help you sound as much like yourself as possible.
Learn more about how we diagnose and treat dysphonia at Cleveland Clinic. Call 216.444.8500 to request an appointment or schedule a virtual visit.
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