Overview
The AVC is staffed and equipped for comprehensive diagnosis and treatment of voice, speech therapy, upper airway and swallowing disorders.
Our team of dedicated voice rehabilitation professionals will help you bring your best voice into all of the activities in your life, whether you are spending time with family and friends, singing in a musical concert, or presenting in an important conference/ meeting.
What are symptoms of patients with voice and swallowing disorders?
- Hoarseness
- Weakness or breathiness of the voice
- Stridor (noisy labored breathing)
- Dysphagia (difficulty swallowing and aspiration)
What are the common disorders of the voice box?
- Benign vocal fold lesions- cysts, polyps and nodules
- Vocal fold immobility (unilateral or bilateral)
- Laryngopharyngeal (extra-esophageal) reflux
- Irritable larynx syndrome- chronic cough
What can we offer the Voice Professional?
The Aman Voice Unit staff is uniquely qualified to manage problems of the professional voice. Our patients may be singers, teachers, lawyers, or other professionals who depend on their voices for their livelihood.
Voice therapy is often the first-line treatment and it takes many forms depending on the nature of the problem. Phonosurgery may sometimes be needed and is usually reserved for patients with laryngeal lesions or those that do not respond to voice therapy.
What can we offer the challenging dysphagia patients?
Patients who are at high risk for aspiration and/or have a history of recurrent aspiration pneumonia will be thoroughly evaluated by the team to determine the safety of re-allowing oral feeding as well as the best food consistencies and maneuvers for safe swallowing. Collaboration with our Gastroenterology and pulmonary specialist colleagues is of high importance.
What are available surgical services?
After establishing the diagnosis, our Laryngologist may offer any of the following:
- Phonosurgery for benign vocal fold lesions
- Injection laryngoplasty (Awake, in-office): to address glottic incompetence
- Medialization laryngoplasty via open approaches
- Botulinum toxin treatment for spasmodic dysphonia
- Voice preserving surgical management for neoplastic laryngeal disease
- Laser technology for laryngeal and airway disease: We have the first and only True Blue Laser (by A.R.C. Lasers) in Qatar, the most technologically advanced photo-angiolytic laser currently available worldwide
- Surgical management (open and endoscopic approaches) for airway disorders
Research and Education
As active members of the Voice Foundation and The American Academy of Otolaryngology, we are committed to sharing our knowledge at conferences and medical meetings through presentations and in publications.
Meet The Doctors
FAQs
- Qatar ID / valid passport
- Insurance card
- Laboratory studies (in case available)
For insurance and price inquiries, please contact our call center at +974 4400 4400 between 8 am to 10 pm.
The Aman Voice Unit in Aman Hospital is located at the following address: Ground Floor, Outpatient 2.
We recommend you allow enough time to park to ensure you arrive on time. Please plan to arrive 30 minutes prior to your appointment time. Our valet parking is here to assist you, take your car and park it safely in our underground parking.
Always feel free to bring someone with you to your appointments. A family member or friend can help ask questions, remember the information your care team gives you, and provide support.
Please call our call center at +974 4400 4400. They are available from Saturday to Thursday from 8 am to 10 pm to help you reschedule or cancel your appointment.
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