PROFESSIONAL VOICE AND MICROSURGERY

We provide high-level voice care for regular voice users. 

Professional Voice Care

Professional voice issues may affect anyone using their voice on a regular basis, including not only performers, such as singers, speakers, and actors, but also teachers, lawyers, doctors, sales personnel, fitness coaches, clergy, and many other professions. 


Stroboscopy

Stroboscopy is test that looks at the motion of the vocal cords using a micro camera and strobe light. Many voice professionals and students will visit our office for an annual stroboscopy and checkup. 

Phonomicrosurgery

Phonomicrosurgery is minimally invasive microscopic surgery to remove nodules and other lesions from the vocal cords. 
PROFESSIONAL VOICE

Expert care for professional voice users

Professional voice users include anyone who must use their voice on a regular basis to perform their job. Whether you are a singer, speaker, actor, teacher, lawyer, doctor, sales personnel, fitness coach, or clergy, you can damage your vocal cords if you use your voice improperly. 

Some find they have to raise their voice frequently to overcome loud ambient noise in their work environment. People in these professions are at increased risk for phonotrauma and voice pathology.

PROFESSIONAL VOICE

​The health of your vocal cords is our number one priority

Many voice professionals and students will visit our office for an annual stroboscopy and checkup. It is important for us to have a baseline understanding of the condition of your vocal cords. If you develop voice problems later, we will be able to compare the exams to determine if there has been any structural change. We can also discuss vocal health and hygiene and help you to meet your vocal needs more appropriately. 

If you are a professional voice user struggling to meet your vocal needs in anyway - we can help. Whether it's the quality of your voice, recurrent vocal fatigue, or pain when speaking, we can perform a thorough evaluation and offer solutions for your specific problem.

PHONOMICROSURGERY

Microsurgery for traumatic vocal cord lesions

Your vocal cords contact each other approximately 200 times in 1 second. In patients with high vocal demand, more frequent collisions can lead to the development of lesions on the vocal cords that affect how they come together and/or vibrate. This is a condition called phonotrauma. People who use their voice consistently such as singers, performers, teachers, lawyers, doctors, broadcasters and salespeople are most susceptible to phonotrauma.

A video stroboscopy can be performed in our office to determine if your voice problems are the result of one of these treatable vocal cord conditions, such as vocal cord nodules, vocal cord polyps, vocal cord cysts, vocal cord ectasias or varices, or vocal cord scarring.


Traumatic lesions of the vocal cords can often be managed with voice therapy, but microsurgery may be required in some cases.

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    Vocal cord trauma

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    Phonomicrosurgery

    Removing a cyst from the vocal cord

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Complete care of the voice.

The health of your vocal cords is our number one priority. 
Dr. Elizabeth Burckardt can provide a comprehensive evaluation of voice changes and hoarse voice. She has the latest technology and the highest level training in voice disorders. 
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Dr. Elizabeth Self Burckardt is fellowship trained from the world renowned Massachusetts General Hospital Center for Laryngeal Surgery and Voice Rehabilitation 
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