He also founded the Swiss Society for Phoniatrics, Logopedics, and Audiology.

He serves as the deputy editor-in-chief for Logopedics Phoniatrics Vocology, Taylor & Francis, and is a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Voice, Elsevier Medical Journals.

Problems treated in phoniatrics include dysfunction of the vocal cords, cancer in the vocal cords or larynx, incapability to control the speech organs properly (speech disorders), and vocal loading related problems.

Also reflecting this increased recognition is that when the Scandinavian Journal of Logopedics & Phoniatrics and Voice merged in 1996 the new name selected was Logopedics, Phoniatrics, Vocology.

Logopedics Phoniatrics Vocology (the journal of the Nordic Cooperation Council of Logopedics and Phoniatrics and The British Voice Association)