Speech and Hearing Center

Voice Care Center

The Voice Care Center is the newest program of the Speech and Hearing Center. It is the only voice care center in the suburban New York City area which offers a comprehensive voice assessment laboratory and provides assessment and treatment of voice disorders five days per week. All therapists, two of whom are singing voice specialists, are licensed by New York State, and recognized by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. Our highly-skilled team is dedicated to providing the best care for children and adult patients and professional voice users including:

• Care of the professional voice for singers, actors, teachers, presenters, lecturers, clergy, salespeople, etc.

• Voice problems resulting from vocal lesions such as nodules, polyps, and granulomas

• Muscle tension dysphonia

• Neurological disorders (e.g., spasmodic dysphonia, vocal fold paralysis, Parkinson’s disease)

• Functional disorders (e.g., conversion dysphonia, mutational falsetto (puberphonia), dysphonia plicae ventricularis (ventricular phonation)

• Pediatric voice disorders

• Geriatric voice problems (e.g., bowed vocal folds)

• Voice disorders related to reflux (laryngopharyngeal reflux; gastroesophageal reflux)

• Paradoxical vocal fold motion disorder (VCD; PVFMD)

• Transgender voice training

• Voice enhancement for non-disordered voice

For an appointment or additional information, please call (914) 493-7294

Voice Care Center Staff

Barbara Leader, M.A.	Shirley Tennyson, M.A., Ed.M.	Chandler Thompson, D.M.A., M.S.
Robert A. Volin, Ph.D.	Ben C. Watson, Ph.D.	Craig H. Zalvan, M.D., F.A.C.S.

Director:	Marilyn Klein, M.A., CCC-SLP
Email:	MKlein@wihd.org
Phone:	914.493.8191
Staff:	Program Staff

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