Prof.Dr. Department of Audiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Trakya University

Prof.Dr. Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Trakya University

Chairman, Mirko Tos Ear and Hearing Research Center, Trakya University

Post Doc Research Fellow, University of Miami Ear Instıtute, Department of Otolaryngology-Alumni

Assoc. Prof. Dr. İlter Denizoglu, MD1, PhD2, MSc3

1Otorhinolaryngology, 2 Biophysics, 3 Audiology & Speech Pathology

Vocology Centre (Founder & Director)

University Lecturer of Clinical Vocology in Tinaztepe University Faculty of Health Sciences, Speech Language Therapy Division   

University Lecturer of Pedagogical Vocology in Dokuz Eylül University State Conservatory Vocal Arts Department, Main Art Division of Opera

After studying medicine at Ege University Faculty of Medicine and completing otolaryngology-head and neck surgery training at the Otolaryngology Department of Dokuz Eylul University Faculty of Medicine, Dr. Denizoglu decided to pursue a career in phoniatrics. His interest began with the fundamental physics of voice; he then studied vocal pedagogy at the conservatory of music. He completed a PhD in Biophysics and an MSc in Audiology & Speech Pathology. He has participated in several ongoing and published clinical studies and laboratory research. His passion for gaining a comprehensive understanding of the human voice across basic, clinical, and pedagogical vocology continues.

Dr. Denizoglu actively participates in several associations in the field of human voice, including the Union of European Phoniatricians (UEP), Collegium Medicorum Theatri (CoMeT), and the International Association of Logopedics and Phoniatrics (IALP). In addition to his invited lectures worldwide, he conducts training workshops in various countries on voice therapy, singing voice therapy, and phonosurgery.

He is an amateur singer with an interest in vocal music from multiple perspectives, including singing pedagogy and musical acoustics. He has prepared the curriculum for Pedagogical Vocology lessons and has been delivering lectures at Dokuz Eylul University's Faculty of Stage Arts, Opera Division, since 2009. He has also developed the Clinical Vocology curriculum and teaches in the Speech-Language Therapy Division of the Faculty of Health Sciences at Tınaztepe University in Izmir, as well as in the Phoniatrics master's training program at Lokman Hekim University, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Ankara. He gives invited lectures at training programs and congresses worldwide. He has conducted his certifying training programs in pedagogical and clinical vocology (2-4 days) in more than 20 countries.

His medical practice focuses exclusively on phonosurgery, voice therapy, and singing voice therapy. He has developed new devices for voice therapy and vocal training. Based on Sihvo’s LaxVox Tube Exercise, he developed the DoctorVox Voice Therapy and Vocal Training Method (DVT) and holds patents for the tools used in DoctorVox therapy. He has also developed techniques such as mini-microsuture and posterior glottoplasty, as well as surgical instruments for phonosurgery. His book, 'Textbook of Clinical Vocology,' was published in 2020.