November 22, 2021

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VOICE GRATITUDE.

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Heading into this week of THANKSGIVING (!!!), I feel the need to express my feelings of gratitude towards the importance of honoring the effectiveness and...

October 26, 2021

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VOCAL FOLD HEMORRHAGE

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It’s rare that I see a vocal fold (VF) HEMORRHAGE in the clinic, and I realized I don’t have my own picture of a hemorrhage to share on a post...

October 11, 2021

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NSDA Walk for Talk on Camelback Mountain!

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The 2021 Walk for Talk is a 5 day event to benefit the National Spasmodic Dysphonia Association (NSDA) with a goal of raising...

September 1, 2021

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HAPPY SEPTEMBER!!! 

I have some new RESEARCH TO SHARE!

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SUPER excited to announce that our research was ACCEPTED to be presented at the Fall Voice conference in...

August 6, 2021

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IT’S ALL ABOUT AWARENESS…

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This can apply to SO many things related to our own LIVES and HABITS…BUT if we specifically focus on the LARYNX…this can...

July 29, 2021

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What is VOCAL DOSE? And HOW can it be managed? And WHY is this important?

READ ON my friends.

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In semi-scientific terms, VOCAL DOSE is the magnitude of accumulated vibrations (of...

July 15, 2021

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MORE GOOD NEWS about SOVTEs!

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A new research study (Savareh, et al., 2021) investigated the immediate effects of semi-occluded vocal tract exercises (SOVTEs) as a vocal warm-up in...

July 8, 2021

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As a fitness instructor, teacher, coach, or performer of any type, you likely use your voice in conjunction with some form of movement or possibly exercise. There is now some new...

June 28, 2021

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BABY THOSE VOCAL FOLDS and REDUCE VOCAL DISCOMFORT....

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A new (2021) study by Souza et al. performed a multi dimensional voice analysis related to nebulized saline solution...

June 18, 2021

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Attention instructors and coaches!

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Just as you prep your body physically to teach or coach (even if this simply means prioritizing your own physical wellness, cardiovascular...