Call for Papers: Regulations

54th Annual Symposium:
Care of the Professional Voice
May 28th – June 1st, 2025

Past Abstracts

Timeline

All abstract submissions will be peer-reviewed and evaluated based on originality, technical and/or research depth, accuracy, and relevance to the conference.

Abstract submission opens: September 15th, 2024
Abstract submission deadline: October 31st, 2024 
Notification of Decision: January 31st, 2025

PAPER AND POSTERS

  • Abstracts for oral presentations must represent original work that has not been published  or presented elsewhere.
  • Completed manuscripts are requested at the time of presentation when possible but should be submitted within 60 days following the symposium for publication in Journal of Voice unless other arrangements have been made with The Voice Foundation.
  • The program committee reserves the right to place each paper in the category they feel most appropriate.
  • There will also be a New Investigators Research Forum (2023 Guidlines) for works in progress.
  • The Voice Foundation will review all abstracts submitted and the corresponding author will be notified of acceptance by January 31st.
  • We encourage you to invite colleagues to participate in the conference and submit original research.

Abstract Examples can be found HERE

WORKSHOP PROPOSALS

  • The focus of your workshop should be on a real-time demonstration of your techniques using the audience members, singers, actors, or patients provided. This is not a lecture format. Voice professionals are invited to submit a proposal for a workshop to be considered for presentation at The Voice Foundation’s Annual Symposium. The focus of the workshop should be on the “live” demonstration of your techniques with singers, actors, patients, or audience members. The workshop duration is 50 minutes, and we request that you plan for the majority of the session to be spent in hands-on interaction with the participants. If the abstract submission does not explain how the majority of the time will be hands on, then it will likely not be under consideration.
  • Workshop presenters are limited to presenting two years in a row, after which they must sit out one year.
  • A piano and accompanist will be provided for all singing voice teachers; other presenters may request a keyboard. Ideally, the workshop should be presented without the use of audiovisual aids such as overhead projectors, slide projectors, or videotapes. There will be very limited AV equipment available; requests will be reviewed.
  • All workshop presenters are encouraged to attend the entire Symposium at the
    Westin Philadelphia Hotel (99 South 17th Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania).
  • Unfortunately, we are unable to offer any remuneration or reimbursement for lodging or transportation. 

Abstract Examples can be found HERE

Six Steps to Write an Abstract

1. Introduce the topic

  • Try to communicate what the specific topic the paper or poster will focus on.
  • Assume the reader is generally familiar with the research area at hand.

2. State the problem addressed by the research

  • What’s the key focus or central question?
  • Build on the first sentence, which introduced the overall topic.
  • If you cannot identify a key focus or central question, then you don’t yet understand what you’re trying to write about it. Take a step back and figure that out before moving to the next step.

3. Summarize why this problem exists

  • Explain how your work is different from what’s been tried before.
  • But avoid re-hashing all the studies that were done before your work.
  • Instead, focus on what was missed by previous research.
  • Phrases such as “to augment earlier work…” or “to expand on earlier work…” or “to address additional issues related to the earlier work…” can be useful.

4. Explain how the research question was addressed

  • How did you analyze your data or information to be able to answer the question stated in #2?
  • Did you run experiments?
  • Did you use statistics?
  • What did you measure?

5. What were the findings of the research conducted?

  • What were the results of your study related to the question…?
  • What is new about your idea or approach?

6. What is the meaning or impact of your research?

  • Avoid re-stating the outcomes of the research.
  • Instead, explain why should other people care.
  • What can other people do with your research?

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