About Lauren K. Timmons-Sund, CCC-SLP
Lauren Timmons Sund is a speech-language pathologist at the USC Voice Center, USC Caruso Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery. She received her master's degree in communicative disorders from California State University, Northridge and went on to complete a fellowship in voice, upper airway, and swallowing disorders at the USC Voice Center. She completed a voice-centric research internship at the University of Pittsburgh Voice Center as the Zola Gold Research Scholar.
Lauren specializes in the comprehensive assessment and treatment of voice and upper airway disorders. She sees patients for voice problems related to a variety of causes, such as aging voice, muscle tension, nerve injury, and vocal fold injury related to voice use or phonotrauma. She sees patients for upper airway disorders including chronic cough and paradoxical vocal fold motion disorder. Lauren further specializes in care of the professional and performing voice and has experience working with actors, singers, and voice actors. In addition to care for all voice, swallowing, and airway problems, Lauren and the team at the USC Voice Center offer gender-affirming voice care. She holds a bachelor of music in voice performance from Illinois Wesleyan University.