As a not-for-profit organization funded through sponsorships, grants and private donations, the Foundation for Voice Restoration is dedicated to the advancement of total rehabilitation for individuals with cancer of the larnyx through:

• Laryngectomee Education
• Professional Education
• Research Initiatives

Primary and
Initial Projects

Laryngectomee Education

• User's manual for tracheoesophageal speech
• Instructional videos for pre- and post-operative laryngectomy care
• Instructional video for coping with laryngectomy: A Counseling Guide for the Laryngectomee and Family

Professional Education

• Instructional workshops in alaryngeal speech methods
• Medical symposia
• Physiology of alaryngeal voice production
• Instructional video series for the speech language pathologist and clinician: Improving Patient and Family Relationships in Laryngectomee Rehabilitation

Research Initiatives

• Strategies to reduce radiation-induced xerostomia and its dental consequences
• Organ preservation methodology
• Physiology of alaryngeal voice production
• Innovations of the tracheoesophageal voice prosthesis

Outreach
Programs

Designed objectives to meet the needs of the laryngectomy community as a resource for the laryngectomee, medical professional, and the community at large.

• Information and initial sample supply visitation kits for pre-op and post-op laryngectomees
• Voice clinic sponsorship and participation
• Voice club support and presentations
• Anti-tobacco presentations to schools
• Tobacco cessation programs to the business community
• Prevention and community awareness