Title | A holistic approach to voice therapy. |
Publication Type | Journal Article |
Year of Publication | 2005 |
Authors | Stemple J |
Journal | Semin Speech Lang |
Volume | 26 |
Issue | 2 |
Pagination | 131-7 |
Date Published | 2005 May |
ISSN | 0734-0478 |
Keywords | Holistic Health, Humans, Phonation, Phonetics, Pulmonary Ventilation, Respiration, Self Care, Sound Spectrography, Speech-Language Pathology, Voice Disorders, Voice Quality, Voice Training |
Abstract | Therapy approaches designed to improve the disordered voice may be equally effective when used to enhance the normal voice. A holistic approach to voice therapy is based on a continuum of voice wellness from the disordered voice to the elite voice of the healthy performer. Individuals take charge of the wellness of their voices by following good principles of vocal hygiene and exercising the vocal mechanism in a healthful manner. All voices may be improved on this continuum toward the ideal. When voice therapy techniques attend to the three subsystems of voice production, respiration, and phonation and resonance, the techniques fall into the category of holistic voice therapies. Vocal Function Exercises is one holistic voice therapy approach that has been found to be effective in improving those with voice disorders and enhancing the normal voice. This article introduces the concept of holistic voice therapy and describes the specific Vocal Function Exercise Program. |
DOI | 10.1055/s-2005-871209 |
Alternate Journal | Semin Speech Lang |
PubMed ID | 15918138 |