Research

The Center for Pediatric Voice Disorders at Cincinnati Children’s conducts research into a number of topics related to vocal health and voice disorders. By investigating key questions about pediatric voice disorders, we are able to provide cutting-edge diagnosis and treatment for children with a wide range of conditions.

Benefits of Early Intervention

The research team is also interested in the benefits of early speech/voice intervention following airway reconstruction to decrease compensatory voicing behaviors. In a related measure, we are conducting research to examine the reliability of perceptual measures of pediatric vocal quality by expert raters.

Patient Database

One of our main research goals is to establish a database of patients. This allows us over time to follow the progression of changes in vocal quality and laryngeal function pre- and post-surgery (immediately, post-three months, post-six months, etc.). Establishing the database will allow surgeons and speech-language pathologists to discuss expected voice outcomes over time. You may be asked at some point in time to become a member of our patient database.