For more than 25 years, professionals have worked together on April 16 to recognize World Voice Day. We’re honoring this important day by presenting some of our top voice articles published in the last year. Read on, and see how these resources can guide you!
Phonotrauma and Hyperfunctional Voices
The Lived Experience of Phonotrauma: Discussions on Identity and Stigma: Understanding the emotional impact of a phonotrauma diagnosis can help you provide person-centered care to the people you work with. Learn about how phonotrauma can impact an individual’s identity, well-being, and livelihood.
Volitional Control of Frequency and Intensity in Speakers With and Without Hyperfunctional Voice Disorders: Researchers have hypothesized that patients with hyperfunctional voice disorders may have difficulties integrating auditory feedback into their speech. In this study, individuals with and without these disorders were asked to make small changes to their voice pitch and intensity.
Differential Diagnoses and Voice Assessment
Comparing the Effects of Sensory Tricks on Voice Symptoms in Patients With Laryngeal Dystonia and Essential Vocal Tremor: Laryngeal dystonia and essential vocal tremor can be present similarly, and differential diagnosis is crucial to planning treatment to help people manage these conditions. Authors investigated the theory that using sensory tricks during clinical testing can aid in distinguishing laryngeal dystonia from essential vocal tremor.
A Narrative Review on Cepstral Analysis of Voice: Simplified Concepts and Applications: Experts have recommended that clinicians use cepstral analysis during voice assessment, but clinicians may have questions when interpreting these analyses. This review answers your questions about interpreting cepstral measures to strengthen your clinical decision making.
Voice Evaluations in Young Adults and Children
Normative Acoustic Data and Voice Quality Assessment in Spanish Young Adults: Spanish-speaking young adults often engage in vocally demanding activities academically, socially, and professionally. Normative acoustic data can (a) inform SLPs who provide vocal assessments to this population and (b) contribute to future research.
Instrumental Voice Evaluation in Children: What Are We Getting? Using instruments such as videostroboscopy can help us get a more complete voice assessment, but young children may not tolerate these tools. These authors found that the best instrumental voice assessments for children depended on those children’s age.
Caring for Our Voices
We publish dozens of articles on voice disorders every year across all of our speech-language pathology journals. Discover thousands of articles on our Voice Disorders Topic Page, and filter the results to find the research you need!
The theme of this year’s World Voice Day is “Caring for Our Voices.” ASHA members help people—from professional singers and teachers to individuals with voice disorders—do this every day. We hope you join us on April 16 in recognizing World Voice Day however you can!
