Voice Disorders

(Last update May 31, 2020)

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Prevention of voice disorders

• Product Our Youth|Smoking & Tobacco Use (https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/features/world-no-tobacco-day/protect-our-youth/).
• Voice Care for Teachers (https://www.education.vic.gov.au/hrweb/safetyhw/Pages/voice.aspx)
• Vocal Warm-ups and Cool-downs (web.archive.org/web/20100210002819/http://www.gbmc.org/body.cfm?id=449)
• Journey of the Voice by Eric Armstrong - use to explain voice production to adult voice clients. (http://www.yorku.ca/earmstro/journey/index.html)
• There are many good anti-smoking videos on YouTube such as Tips from former smokers (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEWky9PEroU&feature=relmfu tips from former smokers)
• How Does The Voice Work? video (https://singwell.eu/how-does-the-voice-work/)
• Voical Abuse Checklist (https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B0CKyEb1Cv1jVGk3UFlCWHJSY1k/edit)

Voice Therapy Techniques and Tools

• Visual Volume Meter (http://autismcircuit.net/tool/voice-volume-meter)
• Voice therapy techniques (web.archive.org/web/20031204003041/http://www.unc.edu/~chooper/classes/voice/webtherapy/index.html) a collection by Cecilia Hooper
• What Are Vocal Abuse and Misuse? (http://www.speechtherapycincinnati.com/vocal-abuse-cincinnati-oh.php)
• The NCVS Guide to Vocology by Katherine Verdolini, PhD, CCC-SLP, Kate DeVore, MA, CCC-SLP, Scott McCoy, DMA, and Julie Ostrem, BS, MBA, "was created as a comprehensive overview of the many and diverse approaches to voice management. Following a brief overview, Part I describes common conditions affecting voice, while Part II presents a wide variety of voice therapy programs. Reference lists are also provided. . . ." (in PDF format).
• The Effects of Singing Exercises and Melodic Intonation Therapy (MIT) on the Male-to-Female Transgender Voice. (http://libres.uncg.edu/ir/uncg/f/umi-uncg-1063.pdf) 116 page MA thesis by Hershberger, Ioann, Georgiadou, 2005
  • Appendix J - Diaphragmatic Breathing Exercises
  • Appendix K - Gelfer's Steps in Voice Therapy for Trangender Clients
  • Appendix L - Vowel Prolongation Exercises
  • Appendix M - Easy Vocal Onset and Legato Speech Exercises
  • Appendix N - Breathiness Exercises
  • Appendix O - Resonance Exercises
  • Appendix P - Language Structures and Vocabulary Exercises
  • Appendix Q - Nonverbal Communication Exercises

Free software for acoustic analysis

• PRAAT (www.fon.hum.uva.nl/praat/)
• Audacity an easy-to-use, multi-track audio editor and recorder for Windows, macOS, GNU/Linux and other operating systems.(https://www.audacityteam.org/)