Voice and Swallowing Disorder Care
We take a team approach to optimizing your vocal performance and overall vocal health.
Voice and Swallowing Disorder Care
We take a team approach to optimizing your vocal performance and overall vocal health.
Telehealth appointments are available.
Expert Treatment for Vocal Disorders and Dysphagia
Whether you have a voice disorder or a condition that affects your swallowing, our USC Voice Center team can address your needs. Our expertise and comprehensive techniques preserve and restore your voice. We also diagnose and treat swallowing disorders like dysphagia.
Our interdisciplinary team treats issues that singers, actors, teachers, clergy and others who use their voices professionally often experience. In addition to providing treatment, we take a preventive approach to ensure the long-term health of your voice.
We use leading-edge research and technical advances to treat swallowing problems. Our team takes a whole-person approach to treatment. We improve your swallowing skills while addressing your nutritional, social and emotional needs.
What To Expect At Your Visit to the USC Voice Center
Conditions
Why Choose Us for Your Voice and Dysphagia Treatments
We treat vocal cord disorders with pulsed laser therapy, which has less of a chance of scarring or causing voice damage.
We offer in-office videostroboscopy to assess the health of your vocal cords without an invasive procedure.
We offer in-office vocal cord injections to improve voice quality.
We treat spasmodic dysphonia, tremor, granuloma and chronic cough with botulinum toxin injections.
Our speech therapists help improve voice quality, reduce vocal fatigue and keep your voice healthy.
Our Locations
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USC Verdugo Hills Hospital
Glendale - Otolaryngology (ENT)
La Canada Flintridge - Otolaryngology
Arcadia - 125 W Huntington
Los Angeles - USC Healthcare Center 2
Los Angeles - Physical Therapy & Otolaryngology
Los Angeles - USC Healthcare Center 4
Downtown Los Angeles - USC Healthcare Center
Beverly Hills
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USC Verdugo Hills Hospital
Glendale - Otolaryngology (ENT)
La Canada Flintridge - Otolaryngology
Our Team
Michael Johns, MD
Medical Specialties
Otolaryngology, Laryngology, Gender-Affirming Care, Voice and Swallowing Disorders
Karla O'dell, MD
Medical Specialties
Otolaryngology, Laryngology, Gender-Affirming Care, Airway Intervention and Reconstruction, Voice and…
Maria Castro, CCC-SLP
Medical Specialties
Speech-Language Pathology, Gender-Affirming Care, Voice and Swallowing Disorders
Lauren Timmons Sund, CCC-SLP
Medical Specialties
Speech-Language Pathology, Gender-Affirming Care, Voice and Swallowing Disorders