Voice and Swallowing Center

The Voice and Swallowing Center at Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center offers expertise in evaluating and treating individuals with voice, swallowing and airway disorders. Our specially-trained therapists utilize state-of-the-art technology to assess and treat a full range of conditions to ensure the best outcomes for our patients.

Specialized Assessment and Treatment Options:

• Complete voice evaluation and treatment
• Visipitch with Assessment of Dyphonia in Speech and Voice (ADSV) software, computerized voice analysis
• Biofeedback
• Lee Silverman Voice Treatment (LSVT) for Parkinson's disease
• Behavioral voice therapy
• Professional voice care and treatment
• Flexible Endoscopy Evaluation of Swallowing (FEES)
• Clinical Dysphagia evaluation and treatment
• Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation (NMES)/ VitalStim

The Center provides focused and individualized treatment for a range of conditions including:

• Muscle Tension Dysphonia
• Laryngitis or hoarseness
• Laryngeal Pharyngeal Reflux
• Chronic cough
• Age-related voice changes, atrophy and vocal cord bowing
• Vocal cord nodules, polyps and cysts
• Vocal cord weakness or paresis
• Vocal cord paralysis
• Laryngeal cancer
• Spasmodic dysphonia or tremor (shaky voice)
• Professional care for the singing voice
• Puberphonia
• Transgender patients
• Oral and Pharyngeal Dysphagia
• Vocal Cord Dysfunction/Paradoxical Vocal Cord Movement Disorder
• Tracheostomy