Texas Voice Center
The Texas Voice Center at Houston Methodist Hospital is a highly specialized clinic with a 50-year history of providing comprehensive medical and surgical care for a broad spectrum of concerns involving the larynx, pharynx, trachea, and esophagus.
Our multidisciplinary team is comprised of two fellowship-trained laryngologists, a speech pathologist, a clinical-surgical coordinator and medical assistants who are all committed to providing exceptional care with the best treatment option for each patient’s individual concerns.
Our voice-specialized speech pathologist provides additional expertise in diagnostic evaluation and, if needed, therapeutic voice rehabilitation to help patients optimize and maintain their vocal health.
SERVICES AND TREATMENTS
Assessment & Diagnosis
- Laryngeal videostroboscopy
- Flexible laryngoscopy
- Nasal endoscopy
- Tracheobronchoscopy
- Fiberoptic endoscopic evaluation of swallowing (FEES)
- Transnasal esophagoscopy
- Comprehensive voice assessment
- Computerized voice analysis
Medical Intervention & Treatment
- Medical management of voice, airway, and swallowing disorders
- Singing and professional voice care
- Speaking voice therapy
- Singing voice therapy
- Respiratory retraining therapy for paradoxical vocal fold motion
- Swallowing therapy
Surgery & In-office Procedures
- Microscopic laryngeal surgery
- Laryngeal framework surgery (thyroplasty)
- Endoscopic laser procedures
- Vocal fold injection laryngoplasty
- Botox injections for spasmodic dysphonia and tremor
- Cricopharyngeal myotomy
- Zenker’s diverticulectomy
- Airway dilation
- Airway reconstruction
- Neck mass surgery
- Sinus surgery
- Surgeries for the thyroid, parathyroid, and parotid glands
WHAT WE TREAT
Airway Disorders
- Bilateral vocal fold paralysis
- Chronic cough
- Difficulty breathing
- Glottic webs
- Irritable larynx
- Laryngeal papilloma
- Paradoxical vocal fold movement disorder
- Posterior glottic stenosis
- Subglottic stenosis
- Tracheal stenosis
Swallowing Disorders
- Cricopharyngeal dysfunction
- Dysphagia (difficulty swallowing)
- Esophageal strictures
- Head and neck cancer
- Inability to swallow (including due to neurological disorders)
- Laryngopharyngeal reflux
- Zenker’s diverticulum
Voice Disorders
- Dysphonia (hoarseness)
- Laryngitis
- Vocal fold hemorrhage
- Vocal fold polyps
- Vocal fold nodules
- Vocal fold cysts
- Vocal fold granulomas
- Vocal fold leukoplakia
- Vocal fold paralysis and paresis
- Vocal fold atrophy
- Laryngeal cancer
- Spasmodic dysphonia
- Essential vocal tremor
- Muscle tension dysphonia
- Parkinson’s hypophonia