Voice and Swallowing Care
When speaking, singing, swallowing or breathing becomes difficult, it can affect every part of your life. Our laryngology team delivers highly specialized, innovative care for complex voice and airway conditions.
Why Choose Sutter?
Our program brings together fellowship-trained laryngologists, voice-specialized speech-language pathologists and singing voice specialists who understand both everyday needs and the demands of professional voice use. We care for adults with common voice, swallowing and airway concerns — from chronic cough and throat tightness to vocal strain and airway conditions such as vocal cord dysfunction. Our clinicians also treat complex conditions like laryngeal cancer, using leading-edge technology to help support your comfort, voice and well-being.
We offer in-office tests, minimally invasive procedures and a full range of surgical options, along with therapies such as manual laryngeal treatment and voice rehabilitation. With nationally recognized specialists, advanced surgical expertise and a commitment to compassionate, personalized care, we help you feel and sound more like yourself again.
By the Numbers
5+
Fellowship-Trained Specialists
dedicated to restoring voice and swallowing with precision.
1
Center of Excellence
pioneering innovation and transforming head and neck care.
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Sutter Hospitals
named among America’s Best Hospitals by Healthgrades in 2025.
Top 15
Health System
as recognized by Premier, placing us among the best in the nation.
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Voice and Swallowing Center
Led by Katherine Yung, M.D., our nationally recognized voice and swallowing team in San Francisco delivers advanced care for voice, swallowing and airway concerns.
Every member of our team brings specialized fellowship training and real-world vocal performance experience, giving us unique insight into your needs. We use state-of-the-art technology for precise diagnosis and offer a full spectrum of treatments, from office-based procedures and minimally invasive surgery to personalized voice and swallowing therapy.
Conditions
- Acute/Chronic Laryngitis
- Aspiration or Recurrent Pneumonia
- Benign and Pre-Cancerous Laryngeal Conditions
- Chronic Cough
- Chronic Throat Irritation
- Cricoarytenoid Joint Fixation
- Cricopharyngeal Dysfunction
- Difficulty Swallowing
- Functional Aphonia
- Hoarseness or Chronic Voice Changes
- Inducible Laryngeal Obstruction/Paradoxical Vocal Fold Motion (ILO/PVFM)
- Irritable Larynx Syndrome (ILS)
- Laryngeal Cancer
- Laryngeal Papillomatosis
- Laryngitis
- Laryngopharyngeal Reflux (LPR)
- Muscle Tension Dysphonia
- Neurologic Swallowing Disorders
- Oropharyngeal Dysphagia
- Post-Surgical Voice Changes
- Posterior Glottic Stenosis or Webs
- Presbyphonia (Age-Related Voice Changes)
- Professional Voice Disorders (Singers, Actors)
- Spasmodic Dysphonia
- Stridor or Noisy Breathing
- Subglottic and Tracheal Stenosis
- Sulcus Vocalis
- Swallowing Changes After Cancer
- Swallowing-Related Choking or Coughing
- Throat Pain Disorders
- Vocal Cord Conditions
- Vocal Fold Atrophy
- Vocal Fold Nodules, Polyps and Cysts
- Vocal Fold Paralysis or Paresis
- Vocal Fold Scar
- Voice Disorders
- Voice Tremor
- Zenker’s Diverticulum
Diagnostics
- Aerodynamic and Acoustic Assessment of the Voice
- Flexible and Rigid Laryngeal Videostroboscopy
- Flexible Endoscopic Examination of Swallowing (FEES)
- Modified Barium Swallow Study
Treatments
- Arytenoid Adduction
- Behavioral Cough Suppression Therapy
- Botulinum Toxin Injections
- Cricopharyngeal Dilation
- Cricopharyngeal Myotomy
- Cricotracheal or Tracheal Resection
- Direct Laryngoscopy (Microlaryngoscopy)
- Endoscopic Dilation for Subglottic or Tracheal Stenosis
- Endoscopic Dilation of Laryngotracheal Stenosis
- Endoscopic Treatment of Airway Stenosis
- In-Office Injection Laryngoplasty
- In-Office Intralesional Steroid Injections
- In-Office Vocal Fold Injection Augmentation
- Laryngeal Electromyography (EMG) Guided Botulinum Toxin (Botox) Injections
- Laryngeal Framework Surgery
- Laryngotracheal Reconstruction
- Laser-Assisted Voice Adjustment (LAVA)
- Manual Laryngeal Massage Therapy
- Medialization Thyroplasty
- Office-Based Laryngeal Biopsy
- Phonomicrosurgery
- Pitch Modification Surgery
- Reflux Medical Management
- Respiratory Retraining Therapy
- Singing Voice Rehabilitation
- Specialized Voice Therapy
- Superior Laryngeal Nerve Block
- Swallowing Therapy
- Voice Therapy
- Zenker’s Diverticulum Repair
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