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