Outpatient pulse dye laser procedure being performed on the patient seated in the exam chair by (from left to right) Dr. Zeitels, Dr. Hillman, and Dr. Burns.

Disorders & Diseases

Common laryngeal voice (voice box) disorders that are managed at the Center include:

• Vocal-cord paralysis/paresis (vocal-cord weakness)
• Benign vocal cord lesions including nodules (singer’s nodes), polyps, cysts, papillomatosis, and granulomas
• Laryngeal (throat) cancer and precancerous dysplasia
• Spasmodic dysphonia and other neurological diseases that effect voice production including Parkinson’s Disease
• Chronic hoarseness/dysphonia
• Laryngeal trauma, and
• Functional (non-organic/psychogenic) voice disorders

Cancer	Cyst
Nodules	Polyp