| Abstract | Singing Voice Therapy: A Muscle-Specific Approach
Objective: The vocal performer can be regarded as a vocal athlete and it is expected that (s)he will experience voice problems, as in sports injuries. Just like sports medicine, singing voice therapy includes three main groups of applications: habilitation for performance, rehabilitation for injured voice, and preventive measures for possible problems. The vocal exercises used in singing voice therapy can be designed in accordance with the principles of motor learning, physical therapy, and sports medicine. According to the principles of exercise physiology, specificity, overload, and adaptation are the main factors for developing muscles. Muscle development in the vocal training process has an important place. Semi-occluded vocal tract exercises (SOVT) are widely used in voice therapy and vocal training. SOVT is a muscle overload procedure beyond its acoustical-aerodynamical effects.
Method and design: DoctorVox Voice Therapy (DVT) Method utilizes the semi-occluded vocal tract and artificial elongation by specially designed devices that provide free articulation and delicate adjustment of backpressure in addition. DVT combines medical, physical, and musical approaches with a well-defined exercise program based on muscle-specific tasks. DVT is not simply the practice of phonating into a tube submerged in a certain amount of water. Three levels of the DVT survey are distinguished through practice: action plan, exercise patterns, and monitorization through motor learning. Singers can use the program as a vocal habilitation procedure.
The critical factor in the DVT method is to understand which muscle is weak and how to choose a specific muscle to be developed by a specific exercise. The effects are instant, but as in sports medicine, time is needed to create long-term benefits with targeted muscle development and a stabilized vocal motor pattern.
Workshop Outline: After a short description of the technical details and framework, the participants will have the opportunity to practice the exercise patterns (basic exercises, combined exercises, and linguistic load) with the presenter.
Note: 20 sets of devices will be provided for free during the workshop.
Ilter Denizoglu, Laryngologist & Phoniatrician. Vocology Centre, Izmir, Turkey. +90 5424140231 ilterdenizoglu@gmail.com
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