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Transgender voice

Transgender voice. Useful Reference Voice and Communication Therapy for the Transgender/Transsexual Client A Comprehensive Clinical Guide Eds. Richard K. Adler, Ph.D., CCC-SLP ; Sandy Hirsch, M.S., CCC-SLP , and Michelle Mordaunt, M.S., CCC-SLP. Transgender voice. Male to female

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Transgender voice

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  1. Transgender voice Useful Reference Voice and Communication Therapy for the Transgender/Transsexual Client A Comprehensive Clinical Guide Eds. Richard K. Adler, Ph.D., CCC-SLP; Sandy Hirsch, M.S., CCC-SLP, and Michelle Mordaunt, M.S., CCC-SLP

  2. Transgender voice • Male to female • Can be one of the more challenging aspects of gender transformation • Hormonal treatments do not typically influence voice • Female to male • less of an therapeutic issue due to hormonal effects on vocal fold mass – result is a masculinization of voice

  3. Anatomical Obstacles • Vocal fold size • Vocal tract size

  4. Therapeutic approaches • Pitch shift • Get close to female range • Dramatic pitch changes can result in vocal problems • Pitch Variation • Greater/more varied pitch inflections • Voice Quality • Slight increase in breathiness of voice • “reduce” vocal effort – “lighten” the voice • Pragmatics, nonverbals, etc

  5. Man, unmodified synthesis: Man shifted toward woman, pitch and formants: Man shifted toward woman, pitch only: Man shifted toward woman formantsonly: Woman, unmodified synthesis: Woman shifted toward man, pitch and formants: Woman shifted toward man, pitch only: Woman shifted toward man formantsonly: (men: msi1463.wav; women: women: wsi1746.wav)

  6. RESULTS

  7. Therapeutic approaches • Surgical • Surgically increase tension of vocal folds

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