Voice therapy is usually recommended when speaking habits are potentially causing harm your larynx, or following medical interventions such as surgery. Sometimes voice therapy will be prescribed to try to avoid surgical options.
The goal of voice therapy is to help restore the best voice possible to meet your occupational and social needs.
The duration of voice therapy depends on many factors including the severity of the issue, the nature of the problem, and the client follow-through and practice. We tend to start voice therapy intensively with at least 1 hr per week, and then follow up with 1 session every 2 weeks until maintenance of your new voice is achieved.
Voice therapy ends when any tissue changes have been eliminated or reversed, when your voice sounds improved to you, when any physical symptoms such as pain are gone, and there is no return of symptoms.
We work closely with your family physician and/or Ear, Nose, and Throat physician (ENT) to monitor your progress and any underlying conditions which may be contributing to your voice disorder.
Lack of improvement after an appropriate trial of therapy is also an indication that another approach may be warranted.