Sandra Stinnett, MD

Sandra Stinnett, MD Dr. Stinnett is an Assistant Professor at the University of Pittsburgh. She is a fellowship-trained

09/02/2026

We’re barely scratching the surface on why voices can feel this way.

Comment 🎤if you get uncomfy hearing your own voice.

09/02/2026

Vocal dysmorphia isn’t a diagnosis as of yet, but the discomfort is real.

It was formally called voice confrontation, and it comes down air and bones 🦴 (we are truly walking miracles 🌟).

We’re still early in understanding self-voice perception as a specialty ➡️ more on this soon.

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09/01/2026

I shoulda warmed up…..

08/27/2026

🚨 What happens if you need 911…but you can’t speak?

For patients with severe dysphonia, aphonia, speech difficulties, or those who have undergone a total laryngectomy, your voice may not always be available in an emergency — but you still need a way to get help.

📱 In many communities, you can TEXT 911.

If you can’t speak:

1️⃣ Open your phone’s regular text messaging app
2️⃣ Enter 911 as the recipient
3️⃣ In your FIRST message, include:

📍 WHERE you are
🚨 WHAT the emergency is
🗣️ That you cannot speak

Example:
“911. I’m at 123 Main Street, Apt 4. I’m having difficulty breathing. I cannot speak. Please send an ambulance.”

👉🏾 For total laryngectomy patients (similar for tracheostomy patients), consider adding:

“I have a total laryngectomy. I am a neck breather and breathe ONLY through the stoma in my neck.”

Then keep your phone nearby and answer the dispatcher’s questions by text.

⚠️ IMPORTANT: Text-to-911 is not available in every community.

The National 911 Program’s recommendation is simple:

CALL if you can. TEXT if you can’t.

Before an emergency happens, find out whether Text-to-911 is available where you live.

🔎 Check Text911.info for an easy-to-use local availability map, and confirm with your local 911/emergency communications authority when needed.

For official information about Text-to-911: 911.gov

💾 SAVE this.
📲 SHARE it with someone who may have difficulty speaking.

Not having a voice should never mean not having access to help.

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08/24/2026

Not me writing a whole PSA about pre-workout
powder but here we are. Dry scooping = tiny powder
particles heading toward your airway instead of your stomach. Ask me how I know (I don’t dry scoop, l just treat the issues it causes) 🫠

08/21/2026

POV: you’re a working mom bracing for back to school week and you need to know someone’s rooting for you.

Consider this your hype squad; tired, caffeinated, using otoscopes as microphones, but 100% in your corner. You’ve got this. We’ve got you. Tag a mom who needs her hype squad today. 💕

08/20/2026

Not me writing a whole PSA about pre-workout powder but here we are. Dry scooping = tiny powder particles heading toward your airway instead of your stomach. Ask me how I know (I don’t dry scoop, I just treat the issues it causes) 🙃

Schools send the back-to-school list. Nobody sends the “diorama at 9pm on a Tuesday” list. So I made it for you (because...
08/19/2026

Schools send the back-to-school list. Nobody sends the “diorama at 9pm on a Tuesday” list. So I made it for you (because I’ve been the mom scrambling at 10p with a poster project that was forgotten and due the next day 🫠).

Save and share this with a fellow mama before the “we need poster board” text hits your phone. 🖍️

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