CHCS - Perspectives Winter/Spring 2016

70 • NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY FORT LAUDERDALE The Voice-Resonance Lab at the CHCS Speech-Language Pathology (SLP) Clinic is a teaching clinic that provides academic and clinical opportunities for M.S. in Speech- Language Pathology students to evaluate and treat patients of all ages with voice-resonance disorders and cranio- facial anomalies. Our team consists of Robert Contrucci, D.O., PA, and SLP specialists Tambi Braun, SLP.D., CCC, Nancy Gauvin, M.S., CCC-SLP, Lea Kaploun, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, Jocelyn Slater, M.S., CCC-SLP, and me. Our clinic receives referrals for diagnosis and treatment of a variety of disorders. Diseases of the larynx (voice box) include medical conditions ranging from complex laryngeal web, progressive neurological disorders with concomitant swallowing and breathing problems, and complications from radiation and laryngeal cancer to chronic reflux. Vocal abuse, misuse, and overuse are commonly seen in professional voice users such as teachers, singers, actors, and performers. Diagnoses that affect the structures of the face and head (craniofacial anomalies), such as cleft palate, can cause hypernasality (sound coming through the nose), articulation, feeding, and hearing problems. These are evaluated and treated in collaboration with craniofacial centers statewide. BY HÉLÈNE R. FISHER, SLP.D., CCC, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR Do you know someone with a hoarse or raspy voice, a singer or teacher with vocal nodules, or someone with throat cancer who has lost his or her voice? How about a child who was born with a cleft palate? Speech-Language Pathology FORT LAUDERDALE Voice-Resonance Evaluation and Treatment