Speech & Voice Resources
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Audio & Visual Resources in the Library
- Laryngeal Teaching Series (DVD
set)
Location: Music Library Circulation Desk (Video Disc)
Call Number: DVD LTS (check status in HOMER)
Three DVDs highlight the inside of the throat,
showing the vocal cords, larynx, and vocal tract producing
sounds, including speaking and noise-making,
screaming and singing. v. 1. Inside the voice; (9 min.)
-- v. 2.; Inside the scream; (6 min.) -- v. 3.; Inside
the singing voice (24 min.)
Books in the Library
- Care of the Professional Voice: A Management Guide
for Singers, Actors, and Professional Voice Users. By
D. Garfield Davies, Anthony F. Jahn.
RF 511.S55 D38 1998 Music Library
- Journal of Voice: Official Journal of the Voice Foundation. Available in print and/or electronic format. Consult HOMER for details.
This is a
scholarly quarterly medical journal focused on voice
medicine, research, therapy, and instruction. For
professional and academic audiences.
- Vocal Health and Pedagogy. By Robert Thayer
Sataloff.
RF 510 .S283 1998 Babbidge Library
- Voice and Laryngeal Disorders: A
Problem-based Clinical Guide with Voice Samples. By
Sally K. Gallena. Includes CD-ROM.
RF 510 .D53 2007 Babbidge Library
There are many more books in the Music & Dramatic Arts Library and Babbidge Library. To find them, try one of these searches in HOMER (the library catalog):
Option 1:
- For type of search, click Subject Heading.
- Under search terms, type voice. (Also try larynx or laryngeal.)
- Browse the resulting subject lists, including Voice Care and Hygiene, Culture, Disorders, Physiology, Physiological Aspects, Training, etc.
Option 2:
Examples:
- For type of search, click Keyword.
- Under search terms, type the key words you know.
- Tip: try some of the terms from Option 1.
voice disorders (finds books, journals, and videos about voice disorders)
voice culture
voice physiolog? (finds physiological, physiology, etc.)
voice training
If you get too much "junk," try a KEYWORD BOOLEAN search and add skey. Example: skey voice and skey disorders. (Skey stands for subject keyword. It focuses your results.)
Web Resources
- VASTA: Voice and Speech Trainers Association, Inc.
Information on teaching, using a coach, bibliographic
resources, etc.
- VASTA's Web Links
Information on anatomy, organizations, software,
dialects, accents, phonetic notation, bookstores and
publishers, health, lists and groups, language matters,
and licensing organizations.
- The Voice
Foundation
Dedicated to voice medicine, science, and education.
Especially see the Voice
Problems (under the Voice Information link), which
includes information from established voice experts and
surgeons about voice function, maladies, and treatments.
- Voiceproblem.org: The Voice Problem Website
Non-profit educational foundation funded through private
sources. The site includes medical information prepared
by voice surgeons, including anatomy/physiology,
disorders, and diagnosis/treatment/prevention.
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