Our dedicated WashU Medicine specialists are here to provide care for any concerns you have related to your voice, swallowing or upper airway.
Voice
- Voice problems / changes in the voice
- Aging voice
- Vocal fold lesions
- Vocal fold paralysis
- Sulcus vocalis or vocal fold scar
- Vocal fold hemorrhage
- Vocal fold dysplasia and leukoplakia
- Muscle tension dysphonia
- Laryngitis
- Laryngeal papillomatosis
- Reinke’s edema
- Early laryngeal cancers
- Laryngeal dystonia (tremor or spasmodic dysphonia)
- Gender affirming voice care
- Performing voice care
Throat problems
- Laryngeal hypersensitivity
- Chronic cough
- Globus (sense of something in the throat)
- Throat irritation or pain
Breathing
- Inducible Laryngeal Obstruction (ILO); Vocal Cord Dysfunction (VCD); Paradoxical Vocal Fold Motion (PVFM); Exercise Induced Laryngeal Obstruction (EILO)
- Glottic stenosis
- Subglottic stenosis
- Tracheal stenosis
- Bilateral vocal fold paralysis
Swallowing
- Swallowing difficulty or changes
- Zenker’s diverticulum
- Cricopharyngeal dysfunction