Voice Therapy

What is Voice Therapy?

Voice therapy is a behavioral and exercise-based treatment method that helps individuals with voice disorders modify their vocal behaviors and improve issues with their vocal cords. Voice therapy can also sometimes be used to maintain existing vocal health and prevent the development of a voice disorder.

How Is Your Voice Produced?

When we speak, air moves from your lungs through your windpipe (trachea) and into your larynx. Inside your larynx are two vocal cords (also called vocal folds). These flexible muscles vibrate as air passes through them. The vibrations produce sound waves, which are the character of your voice. Typically, your vocal cords vibrate together to produce a clear sound. Voice disorders occur when your vocal cords vibrate out of sync or do not fully open or close.

Who Needs Voice Therapy?

Voice therapy offers a professional approach to resolving various voice disorders and voice-related problems. It is particularly recommended for individuals in the following situations:

Prolonged Hoarseness or Voice Loss: Individuals experiencing hoarseness or voice loss can undergo voice therapy to learn healthy vocal techniques and restore their voice.
Vocal Fatigue and Strain: Professionals who use their voice continuously and intensively, such as teachers, artists, executives, and call center employees, can prevent vocal fatigue and strain and maintain vocal quality through voice therapy.
Vocal Cord Nodules and Polyps: Patients with lesions such as nodules, polyps, or cysts on their vocal cords can accelerate their recovery process and optimize vocal function by receiving voice therapy before or after surgical intervention.
Post-Surgical Recovery Support: For patients undergoing vocal cord operations, voice therapy plays a critical role in ensuring a healthy and rapid recovery process during the post-operative period.
Diction and Speech Disorders: Individuals experiencing diction problems, intonation, or articulation issues can benefit from voice therapy services to develop an effective and clear speaking style.
Psychogenic Voice Disorders: Voice therapy offers an effective solution for managing voice problems related to stress, anxiety, and other psychological factors.
Professional Voice Users: Singers, broadcasters, theater artists, and other voice professionals can regularly receive voice therapy to improve vocal quality, protect their vocal health, and enhance their performance.

Voice therapy is specifically planned and implemented according to individual needs. This service, provided by expert therapists, makes a significant contribution to the preservation and improvement of vocal health.

When Is Voice Therapy Performed?

Voice therapy is one of the treatment methods used for voice disorders. If you experience hoarseness, you should first be examined by an ear, nose, and throat (ENT) specialist. Based on the detailed examination and considering your personal characteristics, your doctor may recommend voice therapy. In patients with an appropriate diagnosis, voice therapy can be curative on its own. We can also recommend voice therapy to patients who have undergone vocal cord surgery to help them recover faster in the post-operative period.

How Is Voice Therapy Performed?

The aim of voice therapy is for the patient to gain fundamental knowledge about their vocal cords and voice disorder, to learn how to protect and maintain vocal health, and to become capable of applying exercises that will improve their voice. Voice therapy sessions generally last 30-45 minutes. Although it varies according to individual factors, therapy often consists of 4-8 sessions.