UT Southwestern Medical Center has gathered a team of specially trained physicians and therapists to launch a new center for voice care dedicated to disorders of the voice and larynx.
"The voice is really the window to your soul. People's emotions are very tied to their voice," said Dr. Ted Mau, newly recruited assistant professor of otolaryngology - head and neck surgery and director of the Clinical Center for Voice Care. "Especially for those who depend on their voice for their profession and their livelihood, we are able to help and really make a difference in their lives."
The voice care center targets professionals who rely on their voice - singers, actors, public speakers, lawyers, preachers and teachers - as well as seniors or anyone else experiencing deterioration or other problems with their voice.
"Voice issues affect more people than you would expect. A lot of times people live with problems with their voice because they don't know what to do. Or they get hoarse and they think it's just a sign of aging, or maybe they had a trauma and they think that their voice is going to be kind of raspy," said Janis Deane, one of two specially trained speech and language pathologists at the new center, located on the seventh floor of the James W. Aston Ambulatory Care Building, 5303 Harry Hines Blvd.
Services offered at the UT Southwestern Clinical Center for Voice Care include: