Pediatric Voice Program Patient Stories

We offer a team approach to care, one that involves the expertise of dedicated pediatric otolaryngologists, advanced practice nurses, voice therapists and a voice research scientist.

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Voice Loss and Acid Reflux: Kate’s Story

Kate loves to sing. In a scare when she was 16, she experienced bouts of losing her voice. The Pediatric Voice Program at CHOP helped her get her voice, and her dreams, back.

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Breakthrough Treatment for Airway Tumors Gives Hannah Her Voice

Thanks to an experimental airway tumor treatment she received at CHOP, Hannah can talk now with her friends — really talk — because all the tumors are gone.

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RLN Reinnervation: Kayla’s ‘Anything but Ordinary’ Story

The Pediatric Voice Program at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia helped Kayla strengthen her voice, and she’s putting it to good use: promoting her own book.

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Inflammatory Myofibroblastic Tumor and Laryngeal Nerve Reinnervation: Michael's Story

After living with vocal cord paralysis for six years after a tumor was removed, Michael and his family found CHOP's Center for Pediatric Airway Disorders and laryngeal nerve reinnervation, a procedure that would give him his voice back.

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Pediatric Voice Program Patient Stories

Voice Loss and Acid Reflux: Kate’s Story

Breakthrough Treatment for Airway Tumors Gives Hannah Her Voice

RLN Reinnervation: Kayla’s ‘Anything but Ordinary’ Story

Inflammatory Myofibroblastic Tumor and Laryngeal Nerve Reinnervation: Michael's Story