Our top picks for Voice and Swallowing Health

This is great for anyone with muscle tension in the neck or areas surrounding the larynx (voice box area). Your Speech-Language Pathologist (SLP) will provide more detailed directions in your therapy session.

We recommend this for our Post Head and Neck Cancer patients once cleared by oncology as cancer free. This is great for massaging areas with combined heat source for those with fibrosis from radiation that are impacting their swallow and/or voice. Your Speech-Language Pathologist (SLP) will provide more detailed directions in your therapy session.

For those getting manual massage by their Speech-Language Pathologist (SLP), we recommend using this neck warmer prior to your sessions. Your SLP will provide more detailed directions in your therapy session.

Sodium alginates are a natural and safe way to manage problems impacting the voice and/or swallow due to reflux. Your Speech-Language Pathologist (SLP) will provide more detailed directions in your therapy session. Click here to learn more: Alginate Rafts for Reflux Management

Reflux Gourmet is a new contender on the market for Sodium Alginates. They offer an even more organic approach and is ideal for those with sensitive bowel tracts. Your Speech-Language Pathologist (SLP) will provide more detailed directions in your therapy session. Click here to learn more about this company and their products: https://refluxgourmet.com/

Get your alginate therapy on the go! Reflux Gourmet has cleverly developed these wonderful travel packets. Visit their website to learn more about their products: https://refluxgourmet.com/

Chew gum and get relief on the go! Please visit their website to learn more: https://refluxgourmet.com/gum-for-reflux-relief/

One of our favorites! You can get this at most local drug stores. It doesn’t have to be the Vicks brand, but we love this face mask steamer for our patients with hoarse voice or thick mucous secretions (nasal or throat area). Do not use the menthol vapor pads if trying to hydrate your mucosa as recommended by your Speech-Language Pathologist. Your Speech-Language Pathologist (SLP) will provide more detailed directions in your therapy session.

We recommend using these with your steamer to avoid any possible irritants that may be present in other water.

This steam inhaler is a more expensive option compared to our other pick (Vick’s), however this model has a few distinctions that may make the upgrade worthy: 1) Hand held (no cord, unless charging) 2) Medical grade filter 3) Self cleans after every use 4) Options for cool or hot steam 5) compatible mini ultrapure distilled water for safer use and easier filling. Your Speech-Language Pathologist (SLP) will provide more detailed directions in your therapy session for how to use.

Effective for treating symptoms of dry mouth, coconut oil has been proven in various studies to improve overall oral health.

For those with chronic cough and/or hoarse voice with a sinus drip that is contributing, this is a great addition to add to your vocal hygiene routine. Your Speech-Language Pathologist (SLP) will provide more detailed directions in your therapy session for how to use.

For select patients at risk for recurrent aspiration pneumonia as well as select chronic cough patients with underlying pulmonary conditions, we recommend the Flutter Valve. This device is a compact, handheld instrument that uses positive expiratory pressure (PEP) therapy to aid in the clearance of mucus from the lungs. Your Speech-Language Pathologist (SLP) will provide more detailed directions in your therapy session if this is determined to be most beneficial for your particular condition.

Training the respiratory and laryngeal muscles to get stronger and more efficient is an important part of vocal and swallow function health. One of our favorite resistance trainers is the Breather. The rate of your air when blowing in and out of the device will determine the level of resistance in combination with the dial level. The dial level controls different flow rates to further help increase/decrease resistance. There are other more affordable options that resemble this device online if you are willing to take time to search for it on sites like Wal-Mart. Your Speech-Language Pathologist (SLP) will provide more detailed directions for how to best use this device for your unique difficulties in your therapy session.

As sodium alginates get more recognition in clinical trials and studies, more products are appearing on the market. Reflux Raft is another one that has been found to be highly beneficial for mitigating the damages reflux can cause in your esophagus and upper airway. Click here to learn more about the Reflux Raft products: https://refluxraft.com/pages/about. Your Speech-Language Pathologist (SLP) will provide more detailed directions in your therapy session.

For our chronic throat clears and/or coughers, these are great for helping you reduce that urge to throat clear or cough while not drying up your mucosa. You want to avoid lozenges that are drying due to ingredients such as menthol (which most cough drops on the market use to “suppress” coughing). Your Speech-Language Pathologist (SLP) will provide more detailed directions in your therapy session as to why we want to avoid those type of lozenges and use other techniques to reduce your coughing/throat clearing. We use this for our patients that have been cleared by their doctors and have no underlying medical conditions that are contributing to their issue outside of reflux.

We often use straw therapy in our clinic for many voice conditions. Once you have gone through basic training with our staff and are ready for more advanced options on the go, this is a great device that INCLUDES access to videos of more advanced exercises. Your Speech-Language Pathologist (SLP) can provide more detailed directions in your therapy session as well.

For those with difficulty swallowing and need to have their liquids thickened, we recommend these over other thickeners that contain ingredients that are more likely to contribute to aspiration pneumonia if aspirated. Your Speech-Language Pathologist (SLP) will provide more detailed directions in your therapy session.

If your voice and swallowing difficulties have reflux as an underlying condition, you will benefit greatly from the information contained in this book. Reflux is a long and personal journey. We hope to help shed some light! Your Speech-Language Pathologist (SLP) will provide more detailed directions in your therapy session.

Two great ways to calm the throat in one package.  The Vocal Eze spray and their Manuka Honey with Aniseed drops are all natural herbal remidies for promoting moisture in the vocal tract and reducing irritation on the go. Do not get their other flavored cough drops that contain menthol (which is drying). Your Speech-Language Pathologist (SLP) can provide more detailed directions in your therapy session.

Vocal Eze is an all-herbal throat spray with no artificial flavors or preservatives. It’s a great tool for those trying to reduce chronic throat clearing/coughing that is aggrevating the vocal folds. Your Speech-Language Pathologist (SLP) will provide more detailed directions in your therapy session.