Midwest Voice Center - The Premier Voice Evaluation and Treatment Facility in Minneapolis/St. Paul

For nearly 10 years, the Midwest Voice Center has offered cutting-edge treatment for adults and children with speech and swallowing disorders in Minneapolis/St Paul and surrounding suburbs. The Midwest Voice Center is run under the direction of V. Stuart Cox, M.D. and Ann E. Smith, M.S. CCC. Both pediatric and adult, professional and non-professional voice users are treated. In addition, the center treats adults with swallowing disorders that sometimes appear following head and neck cancer treatment.

Who would benefit from an evaluation?

Any adult or child with a voice complaint such as hoarseness or any difficulty using the voice.

Adults may have hoarseness or voice changes due to:

  • Voice Abuse
  • Smoking
  • Vocal Cord Nodules, polyp or cysts
  • History or Suspicion of Vocal Cord Cancer
  • Radiation Therapy to the Neck or Larynx
  • Endotracheal Intubation
  • Vocal Cord Paralysis
  • Vocal Strain
  • Stroke
  • Neurological Disorders: Parkinsonism, MS, ALS, head injury
  • Laryngeal Injury
  • Head and Neck Surgery
  • Vocal Cord Bowing

Children may have hoarseness or voice changes due to:

  • Voice Abuse
  • Recent Surgery
  • Craniofacial Disorders

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Who typically gets voice problems?

Voice changes or throat discomfort can occur in anyone but especially in:

  • Professional Speakers
  • Teachers
  • Clergy
  • Politicians
  • Singers
  • Coaches

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What evaluation and treatment methods are used at the Midwest Voice Center?

The Midwest Voice Center offers the finest equipment available for the evaluation of vocal dysfunction in the Twin Cities. Our digital laryngeal stroboscopy allows for comprehensive assessment of the vocal fold's structure and vibratory characteristics. Sharp, clear, permanent images are stored digitally to compare pre- and post-treatment studies. In addition to video stroboscopy, The Midwest Voice Center utilizes acoustic analysis of speech and voice, alaryngeal speech rehabilitation, voice therapy and functional endoscopic evaluation of swallowing (FEES). Examinations are completed in a comfortable outpatient setting requiring only topical anesthesia.

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Who does the evaluation?

V. Stuart Cox, M.D.

Dr. Cox is a graduate of the University of Minnesota Medical School and completed his otolaryngology-head and neck surgery residency at Yale University. He is a member of the American Academy of Otolaryngology. Special interests include voice disorders, sinus surgery and head and neck cancer. He joined Midwest ENT Specialists in 1999. Dr. Cox is currently president of the Ramsey Medical Society.

Ann E. Smith, M.S. CCC

Ann received her bachelor of science degree in speech and hearing science at the University of Minnesota and her master of science degree in speech-language pathology at the University of Michigan. Certified with the American Speech, Language and Hearing Association and licensed in the State of Minnesota, she participates in patient evaluation and directs behavioral therapy for a variety of voice and swallowing disorders.

Our Location

The Midwest Voice Center is located at the northwest corner of Lake Road and Woodwinds Drive. We are conveniently accessible from the East Metropolitan area and Western Wisconsin.

Woodbury Clinic
Midwest Voice Center
2080 Woodwinds Dr.
Woodbury, MN 55125
Phone: 651-641-6134

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Midwest ENT Clinics

We also provide services in the following Western Wisconsin cities:

  • BALDWIN, WI
  • OSCEOLA, WI

Contact Midwest ENT Specialists for an appointment with one of our ENT doctors in the Minneapolis/St. Paul Twin Cities areas or Western Wisconsin by completing the form below.

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