[COLORADO, 06/19/2019] – Peak ENT and Voice Center offers minimally invasive office-based laser surgery and other procedures to help individuals experiencing voice disorders. These issues usually present with a gravely and hoarse voice. The clinic specializes in early diagnosis and treatment of all presenting disorders.

The Causes of Voice Disorders

A range of disorders and pathologies can cause voice disorders, from benign respiratory infections to pervasive forms of laryngeal cancer. Peak ENT and Voice Center adds other factors contribute to hoarseness of voice, including:
• Viral upper respiratory infections (URI)
• Benign and malignant tumors
• Acid reflux
• Benign vocal cord masses
• Head and neck cancer
• Post-surgical nerve injury

Moreover, Peak ENT and Voice Center explains “dysphonia” is a term describing any change in voice quality, like hoarseness, which refers to an abnormal sounding voice. The clinic says hoarseness that persists longer than three to four weeks may be a sign of a more serious problem. If this is the case, patients must consult a medical professional for further evaluation.

When to Seek Professional Help

Peak ENT and Voice Center says smokers and alcohol abusers should seek medical help when the hoarseness of their voice lasts for three to four weeks. They need proper treatment immediately since they also have a higher risk of throat cancers.

Other signs a patient must observe to seek help right away include:
• Coughing up blood
• Feeling a lump in their necks
• Painful swallowing
• When the hoarseness affect their job
• Hoarseness associated with difficulty breathing

About Peak ENT and Voice Center

Peak ENT and Voice Center is a team of board-certified and fellowship-trained audiologists, speech therapists, medical aesthetician, and physicians that offer ear, nose, and head and neck treatments. The Colorado practice has sub-specialties in voice, hearing, and sinus conditions. Its team also does plastic and facial surgeries.

For more information, visit the Peak ENT and Voice Center website.