04/11/2022
Here is the best illustration of Voice Science! So much easier to understand than in my 1975 college courses, with only black and white line drawings leaving us to imagine the rest!
Chapter 1: Overview of voice production
Learning Outcome: Understanding the concept of voice production with a little of physics background; Defining sound and voice.
01/10/2022
We as Speech Pathologists have specialized knowledge of the way the respiratory system works for projecting your voice---and Coronavirus droplets. I would hate to have my friends become my patients in the ICU, unable to speak or swallow their food.
Cosigned, scientists.
03/20/2021
Watch: Northern California doctors rework ‘Hamilton’ track to promote vaccines
Vax’n 8, a group of seven doctors from Vacaville CA, performed a rendition of "My Shot" from Lin-Manuel Miranda’s "Hamilton" in footage posted to YouTube on March 10, with the aim of encouraging people to get the coronavirus vaccine.
05/07/2020
I support these tips for making clear online communication for people who have sensory and processing impairments. I especially like the restful to the eye color advice while we are all looking at screens for long periods of time.
03/29/2020
National Association for Teachers of Singing (NATS) has generously opened its library to us for FREE! Enjoy reading from 1944-2020.
HUGE ANNOUNCEMENT!
We hear you! We have made the Journal of Singing online database open to access through the end of the academic year!
Click on “Search” on the JOS index and enter your search criteria and conduct your search.
If you or your students are not NATS members you will be prompted to create a guest account which will then provide you and your students access to the entire database of NATS articles all the way back to 1944!
This is another way NATS is serving our greater singer community during this difficult time when many students are removed from their library resources.
03/24/2019
Time to speak the truth about stuttering, and the people who know things.
NSA Response to President Trump's Tweet RE: Biden - National Stuttering Association
The National Stuttering Association is extremely troubled by a recent tweet by President Trump directed at former Vice President Joe Biden’s speech at an event in Delaware on Saturday, March 16, 2019. Media reports indicate that Biden misspoke about his looming decision whether he will seek the De...
03/01/2019
Stress and intonation are not simply a matter of reading words out loud! Have fun changing the meaning each time you say this.
Try it.
01/29/2019
Protect your lungs and voice! You have important things to say!
Chicago Weather: It’s So Cold That You Shouldn’t Talk Too Much
It will be so cold outside that you shouldn't talk.