Vocology

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Vocology
Field Speech and language pathology, Laryngology, Voice therapy
Significant topicsVoice habilitation, vocal training, voice therapy
Established1996
Founders Ingo Titze, George Gates
Related fields Speech-language pathology, Otolaryngology, Phoniatrics, Voice pedagogy
Professional associationsPan-American Vocology Association
Academic journalLogopedics, Phoniatrics, Vocology
Notable institutions National Center for Voice and Speech at University of Utah
Mount Sinai Medical Center
Indiana University Bloomington

Vocology is the science and practice of vocal habilitation, or vocal training and therapy. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] Its concerns include the nature of speech and language pathology, the defects of the vocal tract (laryngology), the remediation of speech therapy, and the voice training (voice therapy) and voice pedagogy of song and speech for actors and public speakers.

Contents

In its broadest sense, vocology is the study of voice, but as a professional discipline it has a narrower focus: the science and practice of voice habilitation, which includes evaluation, diagnosis, and intervention.

History

Vocology was invented (simultaneously, but independently) by Ingo Titze, and an otolaryngologist at Washington University in St. Louis, Prof. George Gates. [1] Titze defines vocology as "the science and practice of voice habilitation, with a strong emphasis on habilitation". To habilitate means to “enable”, to “equip for”, to “capacitate”; in other words, to assist in performing whatever function that needs to be performed". He goes on that this "is more than repairing a voice or bringing it back to a former state ... rather, it is the process of strengthening and equipping the voice to meet very specific and special demands". [1]

Requirements and educational programs

It is not yet its own professional degree, thus it only assists the voice medicine team. Usually a person practicing vocology is a voice coach with additional training in the voice medical arts, a prepared voice/singing teacher, or a speech pathologist with additional voice performance training—so they can better treat the professional voice user. The study of vocology is recognized academically by courses and institutes in several countries Chile, Colombia, India, Italy, France, Canada,Belgium, United States, Lebanon and Korea.

Belgium

Chile

Colombia

France

India

Italy

Korea, Republic of

United States

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 Titze IR. (1996). What is vocology? Logopedics Phoniatrics Vocology, 21:5-6. doi : 10.3109/14015439609099196
  2. ↑ Titze IR (Jan 2008). "The human instrument". Sci. Am. 298 (1): 94–101. Bibcode:2008SciAm.298a..94T. doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0108-94. PMID   18225701.
  3. ↑ Carroll LM (Oct 2000). "Application of singing techniques for the treatment of dysphonia". Otolaryngologic Clinics of North America. 33 (5): 1003–16. doi:10.1016/S0030-6665(05)70260-7. PMID   10984766.
  4. ↑ van Mersbergen M, Ostrem J, Titze IR (Jun 2001). "Preparation of the speech-language pathologist specializing in voice: an educational survey". J Voice. 15 (2): 237–50. doi:10.1016/S0892-1997(01)00024-8. PMID   11411477.
  5. ↑ Titze, Ingo R. (1994). Principles of voice production. Englewood Cliffs, N.J: Prentice Hall. ISBN   0-13-717893-X.
  6. ↑ Kjær BE. (1996). Welcome to a New Journal. Logopedics Phoniatrics Vocology, 21: 3 doi : 10.3109/14015439609099194
  7. ↑ "Accueil". www.vocologie.uliege.be (in French). Retrieved 2025-09-29.

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