Welcome to the Laryngology and Voice Disorders Center at University Hospitals Case Medical Center. This new Center is Ohio’s first full-service resource program exclusively dedicated to diagnosing and treating laryngeal and voice disorders. Our advanced program offers new hope to anyone experiencing difficulties with speech, swallowing or other laryngeal functions.

Feel free to call us for an appointment to be checked or treated for voice and swallowing disorders. To reach us, please call 216-983-3455.

What is a laryngeal or voice disorder?

People notice voice problems when their vocal sound changes to a hoarse or raspy quality, or when there is a change in pitch, loss of voice, or pain while speaking or singing. More serious problems—spitting up blood or mucous—require prompt medical attention.

Swallowing involves about 50 pairs of muscles and many nerves. People who experience difficulty or pain while swallowing have “dysphagia,” often caused by weak muscles and nerves. Various neuromuscular disorders, such as cerebral palsy and Parkinson’s disease, cause dysphagia. Other people who have had a stroke, head injury or certain congenital abnormalities, such as cleft palate, also may have dysphagia.

What does our Center offer you?

There are many reasons to come to the Laryngology and Voice Disorders Center, a tertiary center within University Hospitals Case Medical Center (UHCMC). Led by Center Director Nicole Maronian, MD, a board-certified otolaryngologist, the Laryngology and Voice Disorders Center employs an interdisciplinary approach to patient care and preventive education.

Teams of highly trained specialists from Otolaryngology and Speech Pathology with extensive education, training and experience diagnose voice and swallowing problems and then design and deliver individualized treatment regimens. When necessary, these teams draw on the expertise of specialists from other UHCMC departments, including Neurology, Gastroenterology and Pulmonary Medicine.