Dear Voice Foundation Members,I hope that everyone had a wonderful summer after a great kickoff in Philadelphia at the 52nd Annual Symposium! During the symposium, presenters in one of the speech-language pathology sessions shared their research aiming to understand the experiences of speakers and singers with voice disorders. The audience members’ questions and comments showed…

THE THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY CHOIR AND ORCHESTRA Present Franz Joseph Haydn’s Lord Nelson Mass Excerpts from Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess ROBERT THAYER SATALOFF, M.D., D.M.A. Conductor PHILIP DOUCETTE, M.A., M.M. Associate Conductor MARGARET M. BAROODY, M.M. Associate Conductor Emerita YONI LEVYATOV Accompanist In celebration of World Voice Day 2023 In collaboration with The Voice Foundation…

On Shaky Ground Part II In the current issue, the authors discuss vocal vibrato from research, teaching, and treatment perspectives.

We are thrilled to hear that William Bonner has been awarded the Domingão com Huck Best of the Year award for journalism.  Congratulations to him on such an inspiring achievement! We know he’ll continue to achieve many more great things and inspire us all. We are as proud as ever to have honored his achievements here…

Your voice…perhaps the most underrated and misunderstood human ability. For an ankle sprain, you go see a trainer, a physical therapist, a sports doc, you wear a brace, get taped, do some exercises. For vocal injuries, for vocal dysfunctions, what do you do? How do you make your voice better? How do you improve your…

2022 Symposium Awards Sataloff Young Investigators AwardAhmed M Yousef, MSc “Deep-Learning-Based Representation of Vocal Fold Dynamics in Adductor Spasmodic Dysphonia during Connected Speech in High-Speed Videoendoscopy” Hamdan International Presentation AwardDebra Jean Phyland, PhD “Introducing EAVE: A Self-Report Tool for Tracking the Perceived Physical Aspects of Vocal Function”Debra Jean Phyland, PhD, Nicole Free, SLP, Mara Behlau,…

Greetings, SoCal Voice Foundation chapter! Chapter Event

Ian Howell The National Association of Teachers of Singing and the Voice Foundation have named Ian Howell of Boston, Massachusetts, as the 2022 Van L. Lawrence Fellowship Award winner. Howell will have the opportunity to attend the annual Symposium on Care of the Professional Voice and receive a $2,000 award toward his research project. Howell…

OUR SPEAKER Laura is also an opera singer and has sung with LA Opera, Long Beach Opera, Lyric Opera of San Diego, as well as orchestras and opera companies around the country. Between singing gigs, Laura studied improvisation for years, and went on to teach improv courses for Operaworks and guest improv classes at many…

THE VOICE Fall 2021 Newsletter  Click on the picture for your copy of The Voice

Southern California Chapter of The Voice Foundation (SoCal Chapter) A new president, a new board! The new president, Lauren Timmons Sund, BM, MS, CCC-SLP,  is a Speech-Language Pathologist and Speech Pathology Director at the USC Voice Center – USC Caruso Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery. She brings great energy to the chapter…