Voice Therapy For Adults | Montclair Speech Therapy

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What is a Voice disorder?

Voice and resonance disorders can affect the quality, pitch, and loudness of a person’s voice, often leading to strain, discomfort, or reduced vocal reliability. Because these disorders arise from a wide range of underlying causes, treatment requires an individualized plan that targets the specific source of the impairment and supports healthy, efficient vocal production.

Voice and resonance disorders can result from age‑related vocal changes, vocal misuse or overuse, reflux, allergies, chronic inflammation, structural differences, or neurological conditions, as well as lesions or injuries such as vocal nodules, polyps, cysts, and vocal fold paralysis or paresis.

Typical signs of Voice Disorders:

Hoarseness, breathiness, or a consistently raspy voice
Reduced vocal loudness or difficulty projecting the voice
Frequent vocal fatigue, strain, or discomfort when speaking
Pitch changes, such as a voice that sounds unusually high, low, or unstable
Breaks in the voice, intermittent aphonia, or a voice that “cuts out”
Abnormal resonance, including nasal quality, muffled sound, or feeling “blocked” when speaking

Our Approach to Voice Therapy for Adults

Direct Voice Therapy

Targets areas of voice production (e.g. respiration, phonation, and resonance) through exercises such as vocal function exercises, resonant voice therapy, and laryngeal strengthening.

Indirect Voice Therapy

Focuses on modifying behaviors and environments that impact vocal health, including vocal hygiene education, reflux management, hydration routines, and reducing phonotraumatic habits