Testimonials

Hey Barbara, thanks for giving my vocal cords the perfect post-polyp work-out!

It is a pleasure for me to summarize my knowledge of Barbara Barron’s skills as a speech language pathologist.

I am an otolaryngologist in practice in New York City. I am a Clinical Professor of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. My practice is limited to laryngology, voice
disorders, swallowing disorders, and disorders related to articulation.
As part of my work, I see many patients with voice and swallow disorders that need rehabilitation of their voice and swallow. In this manner, I often have to refer to specialist with skills in voice and swallow rehabilitation.

Ms. Barron is one of my treasured referral sources.

Ms. Barron and I have had a professional affiliation for the last 20 years. Since arriving in New York City 20 years ago, she and I have collaborated in the clinical care of many patients. Based on my close affiliation with her, I can state without reservation that she is energetic, competent, and filled with empathy. Her commitment to her patients’ well being is unparalleled. She will go out of her way to call consultants and colleagues when the diagnosis does not fit or when progress was not being made in the expected manner.

She demands and receives compliance in therapy from her patients by her ability to communicate and achieve empathy and get the patients to feel that she is on their side.

All my patients that have worked with her have lauded her special skills in communication and skills in voice and articulation rehabilitation. Her special skills are in the area of voice disorders and neuro rehabilitation after
stroke, neuro degenerative disease, and Parkinson’s disease. It is my understanding she has received past training in this area and continues to be active in continuing education by her attendance at many specialized
conferences.

Many patients have improved under her care using a therapy approach. Some patients have avoided surgery because of her skills. I am certain that I would not be able to have a specialized practice in laryngology without the support of fine clinicians in voice and swallow therapy as exemplified by Ms. Barron.

It is my pleasure to write this reference for her.

I started having career coaching sessions with Barbara after my supervisor suggested my lack of executive presence was holding me back from growing at my company. Barbara helped me feel more confident about myself and my abilities. She provided me with techniques to help relax, become more self-aware, prioritize and how to best prepare for meetings and presentations.

As I took on the role of Lead Concierge for the Ritz-Carlton, Residences in Westchester it was Barbara Barron who gave me the confidence to properly communicate with my residents. I was born in the island of Dominican Republic and English was my second language, Barbara was able to help me tremendously on pronunciation and a sight accent. I am very thankful for the work we did together.

During the 25 years that I maintained a practice of Otolaryngology and Care of the Professional Voice in New York City, I had the pleasure and privilege of working with Barbara Barron on a regular basis. I first met Barbara about five years into my practice, and was immediately impressed with her fund of knowledge, enthusiasm, and communication skills. I began referring patients with voice disorders of varying causes to her, and Barbara was always up to the task. We communicated regularly regarding these patients, taking a team approach that I believe was fundamental to their improvement.

I can honestly say that I never had a patient whose care Barbara shared in who didn’t comment to me about her exceptional knowledge, warmth, caring and professionalism. She is a consummate practitioner of speech and voice therapy who connects with her patients in an extraordinary way, and I recommend her most enthusiastically.

As the mother of two young children and a podiatrist in a busy NYC practice, I could not afford to lose my voice. When I noticed I was becoming hoarse and straining to speak, I went to my ear, nose and throat doctor, Dr. Jeffrey Libin, who referred me to Barbara Barron. Within one week I had my voice back and after working with her for two months, learned how to avoid having this happen again. Not only is Barbara superbly trained and extremely professional, but she is warm and kind, extremely personable and quite funny! I have referred a number of my own patients to Barbara and there is not one person who did not feel the way I do. She is simply wonderful.

My voice is my livelihood and Barbara helped to get me back to work after partially tearing a vocal cord.  Her methods are top notch and I wish I had met her sooner!

Barbara Barron employs her extraordinary expertise and wealth of experience to fully maximize the functional recovery of each and every one of her patients.   Barbara supports each patient with genuine care, empathy and understanding and actually incorporates a patient’s life experiences, achievements and cultural interests directly into a tailor-made therapy regime.  This individualized approach is invaluable in overcoming the difficulties and frustrations often experienced by patients whose verbal expression capabilities become impaired.

I have personally worked with Barbara Barron for over a decade.  It is with great pleasure that I recommend Barbara and laud her achievements.

I have had the privilege of working closely with Barbara Barron on several patients with complex neurologic problems and she has been exceptionally helpful and effective in improving both cognitive impairment and difficulty with speech.  She is a consummate professional and a pleasure to work with.

Barbara is a treasure. My husband died, but his life was much richer because of Barbara’s commitment, professionalism, optimism and diligence.

She not only became part of the treatment team, she became part of our family. She was committed even when his Parkinsonism ultimately prevented him from speaking at all. She not only made home visits but also used face time on the computer.

Her professionalism included research into his diagnosis (she worked to verbally stimulate the appropriate part of the brain) creative treatment tailored to his unique personal history (which included using readings from texts important to him). While her cheerful optimism resulted not only in team building among caregivers, and all of us, we also have reason to believe he was buoyed by the treatment as well.

She came until the very last. Barbara worked to understand him as a person, and her genuine wish to clinically activate and harness his compromised abilities made a difference. I would highly recommend her services to anyone. I could go on…don’t get me started!