Speech & Swallow Center

General Information (203) 785-2467

The Speech & Swallow Center accommodates adults and children of all ages with all forms of communication disorders including speech, language, voice, fluency, singing, swallowing and dysphagia (see Programs & Centers). Speech–language pathology services include comprehensive diagnostic and rehabilitative techniques for stroke, voice disorders, laryngectomy and swallowing disorders.

Special services offered by this section include:

• Functional and cosmetic rhinoplasty
• External– and middle–ear surgery
• Surgery of neoplasms of the nose, sinuses, larynx and pharynx
• Surgical treatment of maxillo–facial injuries
• Diagnostic and therapeutic broncho–esophagology
• Surgery of the skull base
• Coblation for snoring
• Pediatric otolaryngology
• Head and neck cancer surgery

The Speech and Swallow Center at Yale accommodates patients of all ages. Both inpatient and outpatient services are available.

Nwanmegha Young, MD, Director
Steven B. Leder, PhD
Lynn Acton, MS
Heather Warner, MA