| Name: |
Morton Cooper, Ph.D. |
| Degrees: |
Ph.D.— University of California at Los Angeles (1964)
M.A. — Indiana University (1957)
B.A. — Brooklyn College (1952) |
| U.S. Army: |
Signal Corps, High Speed Radio Operator: 1952-1954
American Forces Network (AFN), Nürnberg, Germany, Announcer: 1954 |
| License: |
Speech Pathologist License # SP 1912 issued by the State of California
Board of Medical Examiners: July 1, 1974 |
| Certificates: |
Certificate of Clinical Competence in Speech Pathology: January 1, 1966
Certificate of Appreciation in “Recognition of a Significant Contribution to
the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association and to the
Profession of Speech Pathology and Audiology”: November 1979.
Standard Designated Teaching Credential issued by the State of
California for Adult Education: December 1, 1975. |
| Post-graduate Training: |
Stanford University:
Assistantship, Voice Pathology
Director, Adult Stuttering Group: September 1957-August 1958
Internship in Aphasia, Fairmont Hospital: June-August 1958
Indiana University:
Instructor in Public Speaking: September 1955-August 1956
Official Tutor in Public Speaking for Football Team: September 1956-
June 1957
University of Tennessee College of Medicine
Memphis Speech and Hearing Center:
2nd International Association of Laryngectomees Post-Laryngectomee
Voice Institute: August 1962.
University of Miami School of Medicine:
9th Post-Graduate Course in Esophageal Speech and Organic Voice
Problems: August 25-31, 1963.
American Cancer Society California Division (Los Angeles)
“The Oral Communication Problems of the Cancer Patient”
(Workshop): July 19-21, 1963.
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| Fields of Specialization: |
Voice—Direct Voice Rehabilitation for Voice Disorders:
Functional and Organic
Artistic and Professional Voice
Improving the Speaking Voice
Speech— Stuttering, Accent Reduction, Aphasia
MORTON COOPER, PH.D. |
| Positions: |
Formerly: UCLA Medical Center: September 1961-November 1968
Director, Voice and Speech Clinic, UCLA Medical Center
Assistant Clinical Professor, Head and Neck Division, Department of Surgery, UCLA Medical Center:
June 1964 to November 1968
Presently: Private Practice
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| Professional Affiliations: |
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA)
California Speech-Language-Hearing Association (CSHA)
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| Professional Organizations: |
Westwood Academy of Medicine and Dentistry
President — 1975-1976
Vice-President — 1974-1975
Secretary-Treasurer— 1973-1974 |
| ASHA Conventions: |
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Annual Convention,
November 16-19, 2000, Washington, DC.
a. Extended seminar: Spasmodic Dysphonia: Cures, Recoveries, and
Improvement by Direct Voice Rehabilitation.
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Annual Convention,
November 16-19, 1979, Atlanta, GA
a. Mini-seminar: Techniques of Vocal Rehabilitation for Functional
and Organic Dysphonias
b. Mini-seminar: Considerations for the Treatment of Voice Disorders c. Film Theatre: Vocal Suicide
d. Film Theatre: Games People Play with their Voices
American Speech and Hearing Association Annual Convention,
November 5-6, 1974, Las Vegas, NE
a. Vocal Rehabilitation for Spastic Dysphonia and Incipient Spastic
Dysphonia
American Speech and Hearing Association Annual Convention,
November 18-21,1972, San Francisco, CA
a. Vocal Rehabilitation for Pre-malignant Growths of the Vocal Folds b. Film Theatre: Vocal Evaluation of Functional and Organic Dysphonias in Children
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| CSHA Conferences: |
California Speech-Language-Hearing Association Annual Conference,
March 28-29, 1980, Los Angeles
a. Mini-seminar: Recovery from Spastic Dysphonia by Direct Voice Rehabilitation
b. Mini-seminar: Direct Vocal Training of the Speaking Voice for
Speech Clinicians
California Speech and Hearing Association Annual Conference, April 7-
8, 1978, San Diego
a. Mini-seminar: What Vocal Rehabilitation Is All About
b. Film Theatre: Vocal Suicide
c. Film Theatre: Games People Play With Their Voices
MORTON COOPER, PH.D.
California Speech and Hearing Association Annual Conference, 1973
a. Vocal Rehabilitation for Spastic Dysphonia and Incipient Spastic
Dysphonia
b. Mini-short Course: Voice Training for Speech Therapists c. Film Theatre: Modern Techniques of Vocal Training, Part II
California Speech and Hearing Association Annual Conference, 1970 a. Vocal Suicide and Vocal Rehabilitation
b. What Can Be Done for Spastic Dysphonia?
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| Voice Conferences: |
XIth Annual Pacific Voice Conference, November 5-7, 1998, San Francisco, CA
Presenting Cures, Recoveries and Improvements by DVR: Four
patients diagnosed with severe Spasmodic Dysphonia by the Mayo
Clinic and UCLA Medical Center were presented on video with cures
by DVR.
18th Congress of the International Association of Logopedics and Phoniatrics, August 4-7, 1980, Washington, DC
Recovery from Spastic Dysphonia by Direct Voice Rehabilitation
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| Voice Institute: |
The Third Annual Voice Institute, co-sponsored by the Baylor College
of Medicine, the Methodist Hospital, and the Veteran’s
Administration Hospital; Houston, TX: February 18, 1977
Speakers: Daniel Boone, Morton Cooper, Samuel Fletcher, Wilbur J. Gould, and other voice specialists |
| UCLA University Extension: |
Introduction to Forensic Psychology
Expert witness: Role of Speech Pathologist and the Law, Spring 1980
How to Really Improve Your Speaking Voice
Course Chairman, Winter 1979
Improving Your Speaking Voice
Course Chairman, Summer 1978
Voice Training for Speech Therapists
Course Chairman, October 1971
Modern Techniques of Vocal Rehabilitation
Course Chairman, Spring 1971
Improving Your Speaking Voice
Course Chairman, September 1971 and April 1970
Voice and Speech Problems
Identification and Management for Teachers
Course Chairman, May 1970
Modern Techniques of Vocal Rehabilitation
Course Chairman, Fall 1969
MORTON COOPER, PH.D.
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Los Angeles City Schools
In-Service Classes Taught: |
Vocal Rehabilitation Techniques for Use in Public School Setting,
Winter 1983
How to Save Your Voice from Vocal Suicide, Fall 1977
How to Save Your Voice, Fall 1976
How to Save Your Voice from Vocal Suicide, Winter 1975
How to Save Your Voice for Classroom Teachers, Fall 1974
Basic Principles of Voice Improvement for Classroom Teachers,
Spring 1974
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| Films: |
Three Training Films on Voice for Los Angeles County
Schools:
1. Vocal Evaluation of Functional and Organic Dysphonia in Children
2. Modern Techniques of Vocal Rehabilitation (Part 1)
3. Modern Techniques of Vocal Rehabilitation (Part 2)
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| Weekly TV Series: |
From 1985 to present and ongoing—
Host of a weekly half hour cable television series:
“Change Your Voice, Change Your Life”—Comcast
and Adelphia—throughout Southern California |
| Additional Educational TV Show: |
Cable Couch: Theta Cable, July 1975 Interview & Discussion
“What the Speaking Voice Is All About”
Cable Couch: Theta Cable, October 1974 Interview & Discussion “Games People Play With Their Voices”
Cable Couch: Theta Cable, September 1974 Interview & Discussion “Vocal Suicide”
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| All-Day Voice Clinics: |
Fallon Healthcare System; Worchester, MA: June 13, 1998
Tulare County Department of Education; Visalia, CA: November 3, 1978
Humboldt State University; Arcata, CA: January 22 and 23, 1977
University of Minnesota, “Voice Rehabilitation,” Duluth, MN
Peter Geiler & Associates Presents: “Change Your Voice, Change Your
Life,” A Workshop for the Legal Profession. Seattle, WA: May 2, 1985
TLC Symposium, The Ryan Advisors, Inc. Health Services Consultants “Change Your Voice, Change Your Life,” Washington, DC: September
12, 1984
est All Day Voice Workshop, San Francisco: November 2, 1982
MORTON COOPER, PH.D.
University of California at San Diego: “Voice Make-Overs—Change
Your Voice, Change Your Life,” San Diego, CA: August 17, 1985
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| Other Courses: |
earning Annex, Los Angeles (Taught courses for the last 15 years in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and San Diego)
Pritikin Longevity Center, Santa Monica (Regular Speaker for several years)
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Two Day Voice
Workshops Presented
by Dr. Cooper:
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First Annual Voice Workshop (March 1989)
Second Annual Voice Workshop (March 1990)
Third Annual Voice Workshop (March 1991)
Fourth Annual Voice Workshop (March 1992)
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| Speaking Engagements (Medical and Para-medical Groups: |
Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC
International Association of Logopedics and Phoniatrics,
Washington, DC
Long Beach Hospital
Long Island Speech-Language-Hearing Association, NY
UCLA Department of Pediatrics, UCLA Medical Center
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (Ear-Nose-Throat Division)
“Recovery from Spastic Dysphonia by Direct Voice Rehabilitation”
(1982 and 1990)
Los Angeles Neurological Society—“Management of Voice and Speech Problems”
White Memorial Hospital—“Recovery from Spastic Dysphonia by
Direct Voice Rehabilitation”
Hollywood Dental Society
Los Angeles Society of Otolaryngology
Los Angeles County Medical Association, Bay District
International Association of Laryngectomees, Los Angeles
CAL-SPAPP
Westchester Medical Group
Los Angeles County Speech Therapists
Speech and Hearing Personnel, Department of Education,
San Diego County
Ross-Loos Medical Group, Los Angeles
Kaiser-Permanente, Ear-Nose-Throat Division
Kaiser-Permanent, Harbor, Pediatric Division
St. John’s Hospital, Pediatric Division
Cedars-Sinai, Pediatric Division
California Medical Association
Southern California Permanente, Pediatric Division
University of Southern California Medical Center, Pediatric Department
Western Study Club of Combined Therapy
Southern California Psychiatric Society
Los Angeles Chapter of Alpha Omega Dental Fraternity
MORTON COOPER, PH.D.
Hollywood Dental Society
UCLA Rehabilitation Center—The Cherksey Stroke Re-socialization
Program
Santa Monica Hospital Med. Center-Westside Health Forum Southern California Permanente, Department of Otolaryngology Cedars-Sinai Medical Center—Cranio-Facial Anomalies
Beverly Center for Educational Therapy
San Fernando Valley Dental Society
American Society of Dentistry for Children,
Southern California Society for Dentistry for Children
American Geriatrics Society —Third Annual Symposium of the Western Section (National Meeting)
Tumor Board, Education Center, Century City Hospital
Southern California Society of Oral Surgeons
Kaiser-Permanente, Harbor, Otolaryngological Division
Hospital of the Good Samaritan, Head & Neck Cancer Symposium White Memorial Hospital—“Vocal Misuse and Abuse As a Precursor to Benign and Malignant Disease of the Vocal Cords” Kaiser-Permanente, Sunset, Otolaryngology Department
UCLA School of Dentistry, UCLA Medical Center, “Your Voice and Your
Speech”
Los Angeles Unified School District Speech-Language Specialists American Cancer Society
California Dental Profession, Anaheim, CA
Medallion Group of Cedars-Sinai
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Speaking Engagement
(General Groups): |
American Telemarketing Association, Phoenix, AZ
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, Attorneys at Law, Los Angeles
Adams, Duque, & Hazeltine, Attorneys at Law, Los Angeles
Book Publicists Club of Los Angeles, Hollywood, CA
Beverly Hills Professional Businessmen’s Club, Beverly Hills
Screen Actors Guild Conservatory, Hollywood, CA
National Institute of Credit, Los Angeles Chapter, Los Angeles Bullock’s Portfolio for the Executive Woman, Los Angeles
National Toastmistresses Club
Gestalt Therapy Institute, Los Angeles
American Theatre Association, San Diego
Mount St. Mary’s College Conferences, Los Angeles
Inglewood District Bar Association, Inglewood, CA
National Association of Teachers of Singing, Denver, CO
American Association of Police Polygraphists, Los Angeles
Cerritos College, Language Department, Cerritos, CA
Arizona State University NATS Winter Vocal Workshop, Tucson, AZ University of Judaism, Conservative & Reform Rabbis Seminar, LA
West Los Angeles Business and Professions Association, Los Angeles Brentwood-Bel Air Country Club, Los Angeles
Asian American Journalists Association, Los Angeles
MENSA Meetings, Los Angeles, CA
MORTON COOPER, PH.D. |
National Television
Appearances: |
Oprah, ABC
The Today Show, NBC Good Morning America, ABC
Maury Povich, syndicated
Sally Jesse Raphael, syndicated
Jenny Jones, syndicated
Home and Family, national
Merv Griffin, syndicated
Mike & Maty, ABC
Caryl & Marilyn, ABC
Alive & Wellness, CNBC
Crusaders, syndicated
Crook & Chase, syndicated
COPE, syndicated Dinah Shore Show, NBC John Davidson Show, syndicated
Regis Philbin Lifestyles Show, syndicated Joe Franklin Show, syndicated
Late Night America, Dennis Wholly, syndicated
700 Club, CBN
Hour Magazine, Gary Collins, syndicated
Nightwatch, Charlie Rose, CBS Financial News Network
Newsnight, Atlanta, CNN The Sonya Friedman Show, CNN
A.M. Show, KGO, San Francisco, syndicated
The David Walker Show, Atlanta, CNN
Heart of the Nation, Cable, syndicated
News Nite, Los Angeles, CNN
The Wil Shriner Show, national
Two For You, Atlanta, CNN
There Is A Way, syndicated, Palm Springs, CA
Home Life Baptist Network, syndicated
Entertainment Report |
| Local Television Appearances include: |
Oprah Winfrey Show, WLS, Chicago, IL
Regis Philbin, WABC, New York, NY
Morning Show, WJZ, Baltimore, MD
Good Day New York, WNYW, New York, NY
News Channel 8, Springfield, VA KATU, Portland, OR
KCAL News, Los Angeles, CA
The Bill Griffiths Show, KGTV, San Diego, CA
The Sun-Up Show, KFMB, San Diego, CA Good Company, KSTT, St. Paul, MN
WPXI, Pittsburgh, PA
KCOP, Larry Attlebury News, Los Angeles, CA
KCOP, Ed Coughlan News, Los Angeles, CA KCOP, In Studio, Los Angeles, CA
MORTON COOPER, PH.D.
KCOP, Lynn Marvin News, Los Angeles, CA A.M. Los Angeles, Steve Edwards, KABC, Los Angeles, CA
T.V. Lite, KCRA, Sacramento, CA All-Nite Show, KSCI, Los Angeles, CA
TV Noon News, WMAR, Baltimore, MD Best Talk Show in Town, WPIX, New York, NY
Noon News, KPNX, Phoenix, AZ KSL, Jackie Knowles, Salt Lake City, UT
Morning Show, Action News. KPNX, Phoenix, AZ KSL, Bob Lee, Salt Lake City, UT
KUTV, Keith Radford, Salt Lake City, UT
KUTV, John Armstrong, Salt Lake City, UT
Bill Keene Show, Los Angeles
John Barbour’s Place, CBS
People are Talking, KPIX, San Francisco, CA Group W, Janet Turner, Los Angeles, CA
News, WJLA, Washington, DC WBZ, Lillian Walker, Boston, MA
Group W, Jim Bucar, Los Angeles, CA KDOC, Dr. Molnar, Anaheim, CA
Frankly Female, KHJ, Los Angeles, CA People are Talking, WJZ, Baltimore, MD
Kelly & Company, ABC affiliate, Detroit, MI George Knapp, KLAS, Las Vegas, NV
Health News with Glenda Wina, KCBS, Los Angeles, CA Good Company, KING, Seattle, WA
Good Company, ABC affiliate, San Diego, CA Deborah Campbell, KVVU, Las Vegas, NV
Southern California Midday, KTTV, Los Angeles, CA Noon News, WRC, Washington, DC
Mid-Morning LA with Meredith MacRae, KHJ, Los Angeles KRON, San Francisco, CA
In Print, Beverly Hills Cable TV, Beverly Hills Good Company, KSTP, Minneapolis, MN
Two with You, Anna Bernal, KCBS, Los Angeles
Good Company, ABC affiliate, Baltimore, MD
His and Her of It, KCBS, Los Angeles, CA The A.M. Show, KCBS, Los Angeles, CA
KNBC News, Kelly Lange, Jack Perkins, Los Angeles WSBK, Boston, MA
Joe Oteri Show, WLVI, Boston, MA
Two on the Town, KCBS, Los Angeles
The Sunday Show, KNBC, Los Angeles
Double Exposure, Mickey & Teddy Show, Los Angeles KCRA, Sacramento, CA
A.M. Los Angeles, Steve Edwards & Christine Ferrare, KABC, Los
Angeles
MORTON COOPER, PH.D.
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National Radio
Interviews: |
Larry King Live, nationally broadcast (Mutual Radio)
CBS Radio Network with Mary Matalin
Joey Reynolds, WOR New York, NY, nationally broadcast
Ray Briem, KABC
Owen Spann Show, ABC
Jim Bohannon, Westwood 1 Mutual Radio, nationally broadcast Bloomberg News Financial Network
CFRB, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, network UPI Radio Network
USA Radio Network
Bob Edwards, NPR, Washington, DC
Diane Rehm, NPR, Washington, DC
National Public Radio, TX
Talk America Radio Network
ABC National Radio, Australia
ABC Radio Network
Voice of America, Washington, DC
National Public Radio, Washington, DC
Associated Press
Copley Radio Network
American Radio Network, Baltimore, MD
Independent Broadcast Network, Clearwater, FL
Carolina Newstalk Network, Greenville, SC |
| Local Radio Interviews: |
Dr. Cooper has been on 24 of the top 25 radio stations in the United States (multiple times) and has appeared as a guest on more than six thousand radio stations in the United States, Canada, Australian, Guam, the Philippines, and other countries. A sampling of stations follows:
KABC-AM, Los Angeles, CA WABC-AM, New York, NY
KDKA-AM, Pittsburgh, PA
WBAL-AM, Baltimore, MD
KDVK-AM, Sacramento, CA
WBZ-AM, Boston, MA
KFI-AM, Los Angeles, CA WCCO-AM, Minneapolis, MN
KGO-AM, San Francisco, CA
WGN-AM, Chicago, IL
KIRO-AM, Seattle, WA WIOD-AM, Miami, FL
KKOB-AM, Albuquerque, NM
WJR-AM, Detroit, MI
KLIF-AM, Dallas, TX
WMAL-AM, Washington, DC
KMOX-AM, St. Louis, MO WOAI-AM, San Antonio, TX
KOA-AM, Denver, CO
WOR-AM, New York, NY
KPRC-AM, Houston, TX
MORTON COOPER, PH.D.
WSB-AM, Atlanta, GA
KSDO-AM, San Diego, CA |
| Publications which have presented Dr. Cooper’s papers and articles: |
Wall Street Journal
Prevention
Let’s Live
Advance
Cosmopolitan
California Medicine
Journal of Speech and Hearing Disorders
Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Monthly
Voice: The Magazine of Vocal Music
Pediatric News
Trial
Equity (Actor’s Equity Association)
Education
The Quill
Music Educators Journal
Peabody Journal of Education
Geriatrics
United Teacher
The Nats Bulletin
Grade Teacher
Bar Bulletin
Case and Comment
The Screen Actor
Medical Tribune
Journal of Communication Disorders
Journal of Fluency Disorders
Archives of Otolaryngology
The Voice
Christian Advocate
Your Church
Voices: The Art and Science of Psychotherapy
Advocate (Los Angeles Trial Lawyers Association)
Radio-Television News Directors Association Bulletin
Central Conference of American Rabbis Journal
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Newspaper and Magazine
Interviews with Dr. Cooper have appeared in:
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The Wall Street Journal
USA Today
The New York Times
The New York Times Magazine
The Los Angeles Times (Feature articles by Burt Prelutsky, Art Seidenbaum, Al Martinez, Beverly Beyette)
Self
The Washington Post
US
Men’s Fitness
MORTON COOPER, PH.D.
Men’s Health
New York Daily News
Chicago Tribune Detroit Free Press
Boston Globe
San Francisco Chronicle
Chicago Sun-Times
The Washington Times
The San Diego Union
The Arizona Republic
The Detroit News
The Orange County Register (CA)
San Antonio Express-News (San Antonio, TX) San Jose Mercury
Akron Beacon Journal (Akron, OH)
Press-Telegram (Long Beach, CA)
Nashville Banner
Las Vegas Sun
World Tribune
Los Angeles Herald Examiner
L.A. Weekly
L.A. West/People West
Scottsdale (AZ) Daily Progress
The Los Angeles Daily Journal
The Patriot Ledger
The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
The Argonaut (CA)
The Daily Report
The Blade-Tribune (Oceanside, CA)
San Mateo Times (San Mateo, CA)
Ventura County Star (Ventura, CA), United Teacher (Los Angeles, CA)
Advance
Cashbox
Tribune-Review (Greensburg, PA) Lincoln Journal Star (Lincoln, NE)
RTNDA Bulletin(Radio-Television News Directors Asso.)
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"Your techniques work wonders...it's like a miracle!"
--The Reverend James Johnson, Poplar Grove, IL - Cured of SD over 25 years
“After a miserable respiratory flu brought on two bouts of laryngitis, Dr. Cooper helped me regain my confidence to use my voice with power and range. I am grateful for his sensitive and concerned intervention.”
-- Dr. Laura Schlessinger, Internationally syndicated radio talk show host
"I'm a fan of your work, and I've heard great things about you"
-- Roger Ailes, Chairman and CEO of Fox Network News
"He added 20 years to my singing voice"
--Jerome Hines
"...Dr. Cooper's techniques changed my whole approach to using my voice. Almost by magic, my voice problems disappeared... Dr. Cooper is the real deal"
--Shadoe Stevens, TV/Radio Personality - Cured of SD for over 20 years
"...Before you think of surgery, think of Dr. Cooper's 'magic' cure; it even astounds the doctors..."
--Gershon Lesser, M.D. - Host of "The Health Connection"
"...of all Voice Disorders, Dr. Cooper's methods seemed essentially quite simple, but they worked ..."
-- Henry J. Rubin, M.D. (Retired) - UCLA School of Medicine - Head & Neck Division
"He turned my whole life around."
--Marjorie Whitman, Homemaker - Cured of SD
"Dr. Cooper is terrific. He has done wonders with my voice. Now if he can only do something with the other parts of my body."
--Jan Murray, Comedian
 "Dr. Cooper put me on the right track -- for a better voice."
Jackie Joyner-Kersee
Dr. Cooper is a remarkable voice and speech doctor. As the Director of Adults Stutterers Group in 1957 ,he was able to help cure stuttering according to Dr. Anderson, speech pathology division. His books talk of his many accomplishments. Some patients call Dr. Cooper 'A Miracle Voice and Speech Doctor'. He has treated thousands of voice problems with outstanding successes and has been featured in medical, scientific and academic journals. Dr. Cooper has been in practice for half a century. If you have been told that your voice problem is incurable, contact Dr. Cooper for a voice consultation.
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