Leah Ross-Kugler, MS CCC SLP
Speech Language Pathologist
Voice Rehabilitation Specialist
Respiratory Retraining Therapist
Leah Ross-Kugler, MS CCC SLP, is a highly respected speech-language pathologist with areas of expertise in voice, speech and respiratory disorders. She has served many prominent laryngology practices and institutions, including Manhattan Eye, Ear & Throat Hospital (MEETH), Mount Sinai’s Grabscheid Voice and Swallowing Center, Montifiore Medical Center, and the Institute for Voice and Swallowing Disorders at Phelps Memorial Hospital. Today, she maintains a private practice in both Croton-on-Hudson and Brooklyn, NY, and additionally provides Telehealth care.
A former opera singer and textile designer, Ms. Ross-Kugler blends artistry with science to help children, adults, and seniors improve their voice, breathing, articulation, and language. She has co-lectured with physicians across Manhattan, Westchester, and Rockland counties on vocal health and has led World Voice Day events to highlight the power and importance of the human voice. Her outreach includes a vocal health webinar for teachers and students at the Baldwin Wallace Conservatory of Music and contributions to professional books and magazines.
Ms. Ross-Kugler’s vocal exercises – praised for their simplicity and effectiveness – are featured in all three editions of Exercises for Voice Therapy by Alison Behrman and John Haskell. Her insights on pediatric voice appeared in Phelps Today, and she contributed a voice chapter to Lizandra Vega’s The Image of Success: Make a Great Impression and Land the Job You Want.
An active member of ASHA, SID 3 Voice, the Voice Foundation, and co-chairperson for the New York City Voice Study Group, Ms. Ross-Kugler continues to be a trusted guide for those seeking compassionate, expert care on their path to vocal wellness.
Leah Ross-Kugler, MS CCC SLP, is a highly respected speech-language pathologist with areas of expertise in voice, speech and respiratory disorders. She has served many prominent laryngology practices and institutions, including Manhattan Eye, Ear & Throat Hospital (MEETH), Mount Sinai’s Grabscheid Voice and Swallowing Center, Montifiore Medical Center, and the Institute for Voice and Swallowing Disorders at Phelps Memorial Hospital. Today, she maintains a private practice in both Croton-on-Hudson and Brooklyn, NY, and additionally provides Telehealth care.
A former opera singer and textile designer, Ms. Ross-Kugler blends artistry with science to help children, adults, and seniors improve their voice, breathing, articulation, and language. She has co-lectured with physicians across Manhattan, Westchester, and Rockland counties on vocal health and has led World Voice Day events to highlight the power and importance of the human voice. Her outreach includes a vocal health webinar for teachers and students at the Baldwin Wallace Conservatory of Music and contributions to professional books and magazines.
Ms. Ross-Kugler’s vocal exercises – praised for their simplicity and effectiveness – are featured in all three editions of Exercises for Voice Therapy by Alison Behrman and John Haskell. Her insights on pediatric voice appeared in Phelps Today, and she contributed a voice chapter to Lizandra Vega’s The Image of Success: Make a Great Impression and Land the Job You Want.
An active member of ASHA, SID 3 Voice, the Voice Foundation, and co-chairperson for the New York City Voice Study Group, Ms. Ross-Kugler continues to be a trusted guide for those seeking compassionate, expert care on their path to vocal wellness.
A message from Leah
My path to becoming a speech-language pathologist was not conventional, yet each step contributed meaningfully to my current practice. With a BFA in printmaking, I began my career as a textile designer in New York City’s Garment District. In the meantime, singing and performing had been a passion early in life, but it became a more serious pursuit following an unexpected illness in my twenties. With everything else uncertain, I focused on studying music, voice, and languages. I entered and won competitions, eventually signed with an agent and performed opera and concertized throughout the USA.
I learned through a friend that the field of speech-language pathology, at the time, had few specialists in voice. A discipline that synthesized my creative background and technical curiosity, I earned my MS CCC SLP and began working in hospitals and supervising graduate students in speech clinics. Today, I run a private practice where I work with children, adults, and seniors on everything from voice and breathing to articulation and language. I bring my past experience – as an artist, a performer, and a listener – to each session. The Human Voice is what inspires me – its power of human connection as well as its vulnerability.
Professional Affiliations
New York City Voice Study Group
American Speech-Language Hearing Association
