Adult Gender-Affirming Voice Therapy
What is Adult Gender-Affirming Voice Therapy?
Gender affirming voice therapy involves working on your voice and how you overall communicate with others. We can work with you to explore how your voice and communication can represent you and how you express yourself in a way that is affirming to you. We also consider overall vocal health from a holistic standpoint, which is important for anyone using their voices in new ways.
How Can Adult Gender-Affirming Voice Therapy Help Me?
The following are some components we can address to help you achieve your ideal voice:
pitch, or highness and lowness of the voice
intonation, or the rise and fall of pitch in your speech to create a vocal pattern
resonance, or how your voice sounds
rhythm of speech
rate of speech
volume of speech
nonverbal communication, such facial expressions, and gestures
language, or the words you use
speech sound production, or how you enunciate words
pragmatics, or the social rules of communication, such as how to adjust your voice for different situations, how to express different emotions, and how to express yourself across different languages and cultural situations
It can take some time to change your voice and the way you talk with others. It is important to us to help you find your authentic voice that is affirming to your gender.
Reference: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. (n.d.). Gender-affirming voice and communication change for transgender and gender-diverse people. American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. Retrieved October 14, 2022, from https://www.asha.org/public/speech/disorders/voice-and-communication-change-for-transgender-people/
