Disorders Treated

Voice

BVI is a full-service laryngology practice. Areas of particular focus and experience include:

• Vocal fold surface disorders such as nodules, polyps, cysts, vascular abnormalities, glottic sulcus, and both pre-cancerous and cancerous growths
• Spasmodic dysphonia, caused by laryngeal dystonia
• Vocal fold paralysis
• RRP (Recurrent Respiratory Papillomatosis in adults, caused by the human papilloma virus (HPV)
• Lesions amenable to laser treatment (in office and/or operating room)–including CO2, pulsed-KTP, and Thulium
• Functional and non-organic voice disorders

Swallowing

We focus primarily on disorders of oropharyngeal (mouth and throat) swallowing difficulties. Our primary means of evaluation are the video-endoscopic and video-fluoroscopic swallowing studies. Disorders treated:

• Coordination difficulties related to aging, and neurological disease
• Cricopharyngeus dysfunction, with or without Zenker’s diverticulum

Airway

Disorders we treat are in the upper airway–including scarring or inflammatory lesions at the level of the vocal folds down to the upper trachea (windpipe). Specific disorders:

• Webbing or scarring between the vocal folds
• Scarring below the vocal folds due to breathing tube injury
• Inflammatory subglottic and tracheal stenosis thought to be an incomplete expression of Wegener’s granulomatosis
• Functional and in particular non-organic breathing dysfunction, sometimes called vocal fold dysfunction