Joseph Stemple, PhD

Dr. Stemple received his Ph.D. in Communication Disorders from the University of Cincinnati in 1977. Prior to becoming Professor of Communication Disorders in the College of Health Sciences at the University of Kentucky in 2005, he served as founder and Director of the Blaine Block Institute for Voice Analysis and Rehabilitation located in Dayton and Cincinnati, Ohio. Dr. Stemple is the author of the texts Voice Therapy: Clinical Studies (2nd ed) and Clinical Voice Pathology: Theory and Management (3rd ed) (Delmar-Thomson Learning, 2000) as well as research articles and text chapters related to clinical voice disorders. His current research involves a translational study of various aspects of the aging voice including epidemiology, treatment outcomes for voice disorders, and the biology of aging laryngeal muscles. An active speaker and lecturer, Dr. Stemple also holds adjunct faculty status with the Departments of Speech Pathology and Communication Sciences and Disorders of Miami University of Ohio, and the University of Cincinnati, respectively. He is a Fellow of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.

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