Major focus area

Speech Therapy -> Voice

Short description

Resonant voice therapy involves the SLP training the patient to produce an easy and resonant voice by attending to vibratory sensations in the nasal and facial cavities voice with forward focus) refers to a voice that resonates or echoes within the face or facial bones. Resonant voice therapy is a tool that voice therapists use to help patients feel the vibrations of their voices along the lips, tongue, and nose, and then use those sensations to help better project their voices (Stemple, et al., 2000; Pannbacker, 1998).

Long description

Resonant voice therapy: Resonant voice (or voice with forward focus) refers to a voice that resonates or echoes within the face or facial bones. Resonant voice therapy is a tool that voice therapists use to help patients feel the vibrations of their voices along the lips, tongue, and nose, and then use those sensations to help better project their voices.

Intended endpoint: This approach aims to produce voice with the vocal folds lightly touching rather than closed tightly – achieving sound volume through resonance. The use of humming or chanting is an integral part of this approach.

Application group: Resonant voice therapy is now used by vocal therapists to treat a number of voice disorders, such as muscular tension dysphonia and vocal fold lesions (Stemple, et al., 2000; Pannbacker, 1998).