Happy World Voice Day 2016!

  World Voice Day is celebrated annually on April 16.  It is an international observance encouraging people to assess their vocal health and take action to... read more

Caring for Your Voice in the Fall & Winter

  This time of year your voice may take an extra beating with the dry air conditions, and rampant colds and flu.  What are you to... read more

Why do voters select leaders with lower-pitched voices?

  On NPR’s August 14th Science Friday show, Ira Flatow interviewed Casey Klofstad and me about whether a man or woman with a lower pitched voice... read more

The Voice: Things You Should Know

  I had the pleasure of attending Dr. Adam Rubin’s lecture for vocal performers entitled “The Voice: Things You Should Know” at the recent annual Shenandoah... read more

The Humble Straw: Tool to a Better Voice

  The majority of voice disorders are hyperfunctional in nature.  Meaning there is too much activity going on in the throat.  The voice box is made... read more

Peaceful Easy Feeling

  I am sharing a blog from a dear colleague, Diane Ingram, who is a life coach in New York. This is a lofty and achievable... read more

Are You are Having Trouble Breathing? Is it PVFM or Asthma?

  It can be clinically difficult to distinguish asthma from paradoxical vocal fold motion (PVFM), also called vocal cord dysfunction (VCD).  This matters because the treatment... read more

Happy World Voice Day!! 4/16/2014

  World Voice Day is celebrated annually on April 16.  It is an international observance encouraging people to assess their vocal health and take action to... read more

What do Dilbert and spasmodic dysphonia have in common?

  Dilbert is a humorous comic strip that takes place in the office, written and drawn by Adam Scott (http://www.dilbert.com/).  Adam Scott shared his experience with... read more

What does Your Voice Reveal about You?

  Well aside from the obvious, such as your gender, your voice can reveal your age, and it turns out your height.  Age related changes in... read more

A Cold & Your Voice

  During this time of year your voice may take an extra beating with rampant colds and flu, made worse by dry air conditions.  What are... read more

The Super Bowl & Voice

  This may not be about what you think!  Joe Buck called Super Bowl XLVIII for Fox Sports this past weekend.  What you may not know is... read more

Love Your Larynx!

  This time of year your voice may take an extra beating with the dry air conditions, and rampant colds and flu.  What are you to... read more

You and the WWE

  What do you and the WWE have in common?  Well, perhaps more than you think.  It is possible that you all have trouble with projecting... read more

That takes some NERVE (X)

  The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) provided a summary article on laryngeal innervation, and we thought it would be of interest to you (http://goo.gl/kWJ8Qu).  The larynx... read more

Do you need one more reason to stay healthy?

We have all heard that voters prefer more attractive politicians. Well, Andrew Edward White and Douglas Kenrick write in the Journal of Psychological Science, which... read more

Occupational Hazards for Teachers: Got Voice?!

As the new school year is upon us, this article by Nelson Roy and Kristine Tanner is particularly timely.  Public speakers, specifically teachers, are at... read more

Vocal Performance Medicine

I had the pleasure of attending Dr. Michael Benninger’s lecture on “Vocal PerformanceMedicine” at the recent annual Shenandoah University Vocal Pedagogy Institute in Winchester, VA.... read more

Collaboration Uptalk

I recently gave a workshop on “Speaking to Be Heard” to a group of  Hunter College and City College freshman women who are aspiring toward... read more

Voice Changes from Parkinson Disease and Aging

A new preliminary study out of Australia presented at the Movement Disorder Society International Congress (http://www.movementdisorders.org/) suggests that even mild changes in speech abilities for... read more

Our Very Own Vice Chair

The VA Board of Audiology & Speech-Language Pathology is hosting their quarterly meeting TODAY Thursday, July 18 in Richmond, VA.  This is the licensing, regulatory,... read more

Practice Tongue Twisters Every Morning

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Visualizing Your Perfect Speech

Do you ever wonder what it would feel like to be on a stage in front of thousands of people, all eyes on you while... read more

Learn to Use Powerful Body Language

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZN5h1c8fVo&w=560&h=315]Experts say that body language overrides a speaker's voice and message in making a first impression. The body language you use when listening to others... read more

First Impressions Count

First impressions are so immediate and significant you must always stay alert and beware of yourself.Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote, "What you are speaks so loudly... read more

Uptalk and Vocal Fry

Language fads and patterns are subconscious means of self-expression, and the adoption of these niche trends strongly influence how people view and relate to one another. A... read more