Aaron Ziegler

Aaron Ziegler is the Co-Director of The Wellness Group for Voice, Speech, and Swallowing. Dr. Ziegler obtained his Ph.D. in Communication Science and Disorders at the University of Pittsburgh with Dr. Verdolini Abbott and earned a Master’s degree in Speech-Language Pathology at Northwestern University. He received a certificate in Vocology from the National Center for Voice & Speech under the direction of Dr. Ingo Titze. Dr. Ziegler is Adjunct Assistant Professor at Pacific University in Forest Grove, OR as well as at The University of Ghana in Accra. He completed a postdoctoral fellowship, and also worked at the Emory Voice Center where he completed his clinical fellowship. He also practiced clinically at the University of Pittsburgh Voice Center as well as Tripler Army Medical Center on their multidisciplinary craniofacial team. His clinical interests include vocal aging, gender expansive voice and communication, and vocal injury prevention and treatment. He has published research, funded in part by grants through the National Institutes of Health, on models of voice therapy and prevention, including the co-development of Phonation Resistance Training Exercises (PhoRTE) to treat age-related voice changes. He was Associate Editor of Vocal Health and Science for the Voice and Speech Review from the Voice and Speech Trainers Association (VASTA), and is an ad-hoc reviewer for a variety of academic journals. He was a member of the voice topic committee for ASHA’s 2018 Convention. He can be heard on podcasts, and is a regular speaker throughout the U.S. as well as internationally including with Confident Clinician Cooperative, LP, which he co-founded.