Have you experienced difficulty speaking on the telephone and find you need to repeat yourself constantly? Many of us with a voice disorder find the telephone and noisy environments present unique challenges. At this meeting we will explore telecommunication devices and other mechanisms to enhance our ability to be understood.

Our guest speakers include Tyler Kropf, Outreach Regional Director for Sorenson, a global communication solutions provider and Carol Doles, Eastern Regional & Canada Coordinator for Dysphonia International and Co-Leader of the Greater Columbus Dysphonia Support Group.

As always, Michael Johns, MD will be available to address your clinical concerns and there will be ample opportunity for participants to provide support for one another.

I look forward to seeing you.

About Michael Johns, III, MD | Dr. Johns is passionate about medicine and about helping individuals with voice, swallowing and airway disorders. Prior to joining Keck Medicine of USC, Dr. Johns co-founded one of the first interdisciplinary voice centers in the United States at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. He is now director of the USC Voice Center, where he and his team members call on state-of-the-art technology for diagnosis and treatment, including awake laser therapy and vocal cord injections for age-related voice changes.

Dr. Johns received his medical degree from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He completed his internship and residency in otolaryngology at the University of Michigan Medical Center – Ann Arbor, and his fellowship in laryngology at Vanderbilt University Hospital & Clinic.