Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery
Voice Center
The USF Health Voice Center treats patients with disorders of the upper airway, voice and swallowing.
“Voice disorders can really impact patients' lives as our voices are so important for communicating, socializing and working, especially in the new "zoom era,”’ said the center’s director, Yael Bensoussan, MD, MSc, who is also an assistant professor of Otolaryngology in the Morsani College of Medicine.
The Institute for Voice and Hearing Innovation
The Institute for Voice and Hearing Innovation is the first center of its kind for innovative voice, speech, hearing and balance care. This new center will integrate clinical care, research and technology across professions and disciplines to discover new therapies, treatments and approaches to change lives. Learn more and help us bring our vision to life.
The Multidisciplinary Approach
The USF Health Voice Center is the only multidisciplinary academic voice center in the Tampa Bay Area. Our mission is to provide state of the art, personalized, compassionate, and evidence-based care to patients with voice, upper airway, and swallowing disorders.
Our center is committed to treating patients with a multidisciplinary team approach focused on patient-centered care while integrating innovation and standardized algorithms of care to optimize the patient experience and produce positive outcomes.
Custom Care
Our center is proud to provide multidisciplinary care to all our patients with voice, swallowing and upper airway disorders. All patients are assessed jointly by a laryngologist and a speech pathologist to provide optimal diagnosis and management.
We recognize that every patient is unique, with specific needs. Our team of providers customizes a care plan to suit the specific needs of every patient.
Our team is part of multidisciplinary collaborations through our partners at USF Health and Tampa General Hospital.
Conditions, treatments and care
Providers of the USF Voice Center treat all conditions related to voice, upper airway and swallowing disorders including:
Airway Disorders
Bilateral Vocal Cord Paralysis
Care of the professional voice
Cervical Dystonia
Cricopharyngeal Hypertrophy
Cricopharyngeal Spasm
Chronic Cough
Chronic Throat Clearing
Dysphagia/Swallowing Problem
Dysphonia/Voice Problem
Essential Voice Tremor
Glottic Stenosis
Irritable Larynx Syndrome
Laryngeal Cancer
Laryngeal Dystonia
Leukoplakia
Oropharyngeal Dysphagia
Pre-cancerous Lesions and Early Laryngeal Cancer
Presbyphonia or Aging Voice
Recurrent Respiratory Papillomatosis
Reinke's Edema
Retrograde Cricopharyngeal Dysfunction (RCPD) / No Burp Syndrome
Spasmodic Dysphonia or Laryngeal Dysfunction
Subglottic Stenosis
Sulcus Vocalis
Tracheostomy Dependence
Unilateral vocal fold paralysis
Upper esophageal sphincter dysfunction or spasm
Vocal Cord Dysfunction (VCD)/Paradoxical Vocal Fold Motion (PVFM)
Vocal Fold Atrophy
Vocal Fold Granuloma
Vocal Hemorrhage
Vocal Fatigue
Vocal Fold Scar
Zenker’s Diverticulum
We offering the following treatments and therapy:
In-office laryngeal procedures
Awake Laser procedures
Subglottic steroid injections
Nasopharyngeal injection for VPI
Modified Barium Swallow Study
Pharyngeal Manometry
Swallowing therapy
Tracheal and Crico-tracheal resection
Thyroplasty
Voice evaluation with acoustic and aerodynamic measure
Voice therapy for voice disorders
Therapy
Biofeedback treatment with surface electromyography (sEMG)
Lingual strengthening with biofeedback using a portable device
LSVT LOUD to treat Parkinson’s Disease
Neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES)
Respiratory training for improved cough and swallow function –Expiratory muscle strength training (EMST)
Specialized voice therapy for professional voice users (singers, actors, voice actors)
Swallow strengthening exercise
Swallowing Therapy including education regarding your swallowing diagnosis
Upper Airway Therapy for ILO/PVFM and chronic cough/throat clearing
Voice Therapy including education regarding your vocal diagnosis
Locations
USF Health South Tampa Center for Advanced Healthcare
Health Morsani Center for Advanced Healthcare, 3rd Floor
13330 USF Laurel Drive
Tampa, FL 33612
USF Health South Tampa Center for Advanced Healthcare
ENT Clinic, 2nd Floor
2 Tampa General Cir.
Tampa, FL 33606
In the news
At USF Health and TGH, a complex swallowing challenge is met with patient-centered treatment
“Tampa General provides the operating room technology and expert teams that allow us to safely treat some of the most challenging cases,” Dr. Abdel‑Aty said. “That level of support is critical for patients like Jennie.”
At USF Health and TGH, a complex swallowing challenge is met with patient-centered treatment
Using Your Voice To Detect Early Signs of Diseases, Disorders
Your voice gives a lot of information, and voice doctors with the University of South Florida are working on a way to use changes in the voice to detect early signs of diseases and disorders.
Using Your Voice To Detect Early Signs of Diseases, Disorders
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