Medically Speaking: Accent Modification for the Medical Profession

Lynda Katz Wilner, M.S., CCC-SLP, a Maryland licensed Speech and Language Pathologist and a Corporate Communication Trainer, is certified by the American Speech-Language and Hearing Association (ASHA) and has been working with clients for the past thirty years. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Hearing and Speech Science from the University of Maryland and a Masters of Science degree in Speech Pathology and Audiology from the University of Michigan. She is certified by the Institute of Language to provide foreign accent modification with the Compton P-ESL program and by LDS and Associates to provide foreign accent modification with the Mastery of Effective English program. She is a member of TESOL (Teachers of English to Students of Other Languages), ASTD (American Society of Training and Development), the Chesapeake Human Resources Associaion (CHRA)and was the Vice President of CORSPAN (Corporate Speech Pathology Network) for 2005-2006. Her company, Successfully Speaking, provides professional speaking skills training for individuals and groups. She has worked with major hospital systems, corporations, technology firms, and law offices in the Baltimore and Washington area and has developed her own unique and comprehensive training program for accent modification with the medical profession.