NATS supports many types of voice research.  Researchers seek to survey the profession in a variety of ways.  NATS is pleased to offer members, students of members, and selected partners the opportunity to list links to various surveys being conducted by researchers.  Please do not contact the NATS office regarding information on these surveys.  Instead, contact the principal investigator provided with each listing.

Want to list your research survey here?  Download the Guidelines for Research Surveys (coming soon) and submit the application for approval.  Once approved, the survey will be listed.  NOTE:  Until the online submission form is active send all requests in the format of the listings below to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

NECESSARY VOCAL CARE AND REFERRALS

The purpose of this project is to allow participants from the singing voice community to review audio examples of healthy and disordered phonation, to determine whether singers and teachers are able to aurally recognize potentially problematic qualities in the singing voice.
The survey will take between 15-20 minutes and has 8 very brief listening examples.  It is completely anonymous, and you can find it here:
  http://singing-voice.surveydaddy.com/s/referrals

We would appreciate it greatly if you could pass this on to your friends, co-workers and students (or anyone else that might be interested) - more participants means a broader, more accurate understanding of what's happening in the community.

Please note: this study has been reviewed and approved by the Teachers College, Columbia University review board - IRB-approved Protocol Number 13-239.  Any questions or comments should be directed to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . 
 

HIGH BELT SINGING IN MUSIC THEATER AND CONTEMPORARY FEMALE SINGERS

"There's no belting like high belting" Calling all singers, teachers, coaches and others in the field who work with belters!

We have developed a survey which we hope will help us to better understand the female belt, specifically in the range C5 – C6.  Our survey questions are for female music theater and  CCM singers and voice teachers and other professionals who work with them.  We hope to this information will help us to better  understand specific parameters involved in producing the “high belt” singing range C5 – C6.

The sharing of vocal terminology and aural perspectives as well as pedagogical practices is being gathered through this survey.  Questions were developed from practitioners in the field in addition to the current scientific and perceptual research on music theater mix/belt singing. Findings will be presented at the Voice Foundation's Annual Conference. This should take approximately 10 minutes or less to complete.

The link for the survey is: http://singing-voice.polldaddy.com/s/highbelt

SURVEY STUDY ON VOCAL WARM-UP SEEKS INPUT FROM SINGING TEACHERS

This brief survey consists of questions regarding singing teachers' use of vocal warm-ups in the voice studio. The results will be included in an article on how vocal warm-ups affect vocal fold physiology and vocal function. Contributors to the article are Katherine Verdolini Abbott, PhD, CCC-SLP, Mary Sandage, PhD, CCC-SLP, Aaron Ziegler, MA, CCC-SLP, and Ruth Rainero, MM. The survey should take no more than 15 minutes to complete. You are eligible to participate if: (a) you are 18 years and older and (b) you are a teacher of singing. All participation is entirely anonymous.

Please click on this link to access the survey: goo.gl/7oerb

This survey will be available to complete online for two months. Your participation would be greatly appreciated. Please forward the survey link to other NATS members who might be interested. Direct any questions regarding this study to Ruth Rainero: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it