HOSPITAL FEATURE
Voice Disorders Center: New Hope for Adults and Children
UH Laryngology and By Jennifer Carroll
Hospitals (UH) chair of Otolaryngology, to open UH Case Medical Center's fi rst advanced, multi-disciplinary center dedicated exclusively to diagnosing and treating laryngeal and voice disorders. Appropriately named, the UH Laryngology and Voice Disorders Center offers new hope to adults and
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2006, OTOLARYNGOLO- GIST NICOLE Maronian, MD, worked with James Arnold, MD, University
children experiencing difficulties with speech, dysphagia or other laryn- geal functions. Dr. Maronian is a board-certified
otolaryngologist fellowship trained in laryngology, voice and swallowing. She is the center's director and an associate pro- fessor at Case Western Reserve University (CWRU). Dr. Arnold is a pediatric otolaryngologist, Professor of Pediatrics and the Julius W. McCall Professor of Otolaryngology and department chair
at CWRU. Together, Drs. Maronian and Arnold lead a multidisciplinary team of highly trained specialists who provide individualized care that may include therapy, preventive education and surgical intervention. When necessary, the center also draws on the expertise of other UH Case Medical Center departments such as neurology, gastroenterology and pulmonary medicine. Adults who are referred to the UH Laryngology and Voice Disorders Center
University Hospitals Laryngology and Voice Disorders Center's team, some of which are shown here, provides individualized care that may include therapy, preventive education and surgical intervention.
PHOTO © JOE SMITHBERGER PHOTOGRAPHY, NORTH CANTON
