Communication & Swallowing Disorders Center

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Carol Jorgensen Tolejano, MS, CCC-SLP

 

Carol Jorgensen Tolejano, MS, CCC-SLP
Speech-Language Pathologist
Center for Communication & Swallowing Disorders
Department of Otolaryngology & Communication Sciences

Carol Jorgensen Tolejano is a certified speech-language pathologist with a focused interest in throat-based communication, swallowing, and breathing disorders. Her educational background includes vocal performance and a graduate program in speech pathology at the University of Iowa with a unique vocology emphasis. Her primary clinical emphases are working with people who have voice disorders, particularly professional voice users, singers, and children, as well as those with paradoxical vocal fold dysfunction (PVFD, also known as "vocal cord dysfunction"). 

Committed to community education and furthering the knowledge of voice health care, she helped form the Greater Milwaukee Chapter of the Voice Foundation, has given numerous educational presentations to the community, professional organizations, and university students, and participates in voice and PVFD-related research. Her articles have been included in Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery and Choral Journal.

Education/Training
  • Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) - Vocal Performance, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, 1997
  • Master of Arts (MA) - University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 2002
  • Certificate of Clinical Competence, Speech-Language Pathology, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
  • Licensed by the State of Wisconsin in Speech-Language Pathology
Society Membership
  • American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA)
    • ASHA Special Interest Division - Voice and Voice Disorders
  • Wisconsin Speech-Language Pathology & Audiology Association (WSHA)
  • National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS)
  • The Voice Foundation
  • Greater Milwaukee Chapter of the Voice Foundation (Chapter Secretary)
Clinical Interests
  • Voice Disorders, including Professional, Singing, and Pediatric Voice
  • Paradoxical Vocal Fold Dysfunction (also called Vocal Cord Dysfunction)
  • Swallowing Disorders
  • Head and Neck Cancer, including Laryngectomy
  • Videostroboscopy/Instrumental Voice Analysis
  • Neurogenic Speech and Language Disorders
Clinical Practice
  • Patient Age: 3+
  • Joined MCW Staff in 2002                         
Appointment Telephone Number 
  • Center for Communication & Swallowing Disorders: 414.805.5588
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