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Cancer Chemotherapy: An Overview and Voice Implications

Three respected otolaryngologists and an Oncology Pharmacy Specialist join to write “Cancer Chemotherapy: An Overview and Voice Implications” in the May/June issue of the Journal of Singing. The many treatment options for cancer and the plethora of chemotherapeutic drugs and other agents continue to grow. Current agents possess effective antitumor activity, but they come with a multitude of voice impairing side effects of varying severity with which singers and singing teachers should be familiar.

JOS-076-05-2020-559.pdf (application/pdf, 444.4 K) posted at 12:56 PM, July 7, 2020

Care of the Professional Voice: ‘Voice Rest’

All too often, “Don’t Sing” is an unnecessary prescription given to patients for various voice maladies. “Don’t speak” is a less common recommendation, and it is justified even more rarely. In their article “Voice Rest” in the May/June issue of “Journal of Singing,” physicians Robert Sataloff, Adam Rubin, Karen Lyons, and Voice Pathologist/Singing Voice Specialist Jean Skeffington offer reasons when absolute voice rest is necessary and how the patient should handle it. They also examine the more common relative voice rest, with practical suggestions for patient program of activity during this therapy.

JOS-075-5-2019-557_-_Voice_Rest_-_Satalof_-_Cline_-_Lyons_-_Skeffington_-_Rubin.pdf (application/pdf, 697.9 K) posted at 11:10 AM, July 9, 2019

Care of the Professional Voice: Gluten Sensitivity

Gluten allergy seems almost faddish as a “maladie du jour,” but its ubiquity is much more real than imagined. In their article “Gluten Sensitivity” for the column “Care of the Professional Voice” of the January/February issue of “Journal of Singing,” Drs. Aaron J. Jaworek and Robert T. Sataloff suggest that the problem, especially with the concomitant gastroesophageal reflux, poses a serious threat to singers. In the article, the authors thoroughly identify the allergy, and discuss its diagnosis, evaluation, and treatment.

JOS-075-3-2019-303_-_Gluten_Sensitivity_-_Jaworek-Sataloff.pdf (application/pdf, 448.7 K) posted at 1:56 PM, February 5, 2019

CCM versus Music Theater - A Comparison

At the turn of the present century, music theater pedagogy was often considered synonymous with CCM pedagogy. As we near the end of the second decade of the 21st century, separate pedagogies are emerging that distinguish important differences between the training of commercial singers and that of music theater performers. These are explored by noted scholars and voice practitioners Matthew Edwards and Matthew Hoch, in “CCM versus Music Theater: A Comparison,” published in the November/December 2018 issue of “Journal of Singing.”

JOS-075-2-2018-183_-_CCM_versus_Music_Theater_-_Edwards-Hoch.pdf (application/pdf, 230.3 K) posted at 11:35 AM, December 17, 2018

Characterizing the Roles of Voice Professionals

The September/October issue of the Journal of Singing features “Characterizing the Roles of Voice Professionals,” jointly written by selected representatives of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA), National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS), Pan American Vocology Association (PAVA), and the Voice and Speech Trainers Association (VASTA). While acknowledging the significant advances in voice education as represented by these organizations, the coauthors note that such changes, particularly the increasing number of “dual-trained pathways” in voice, call for the clarification of the roles and scope of practice of voice professionals.

JOS-081-1-2024-13.pdf (application/pdf, 591.9 K) posted at 11:31 AM, September 16, 2024

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