I searched Twitter for #voice #speech and came up with this great link to a PDF of a slideshow by Berkeley’s Keith Johnson for his linguistics 110 course. It features images of anatomical structures involved in breathing and voicing (aka …

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Found this great little movie with Jack Klugman and Tony Randall, done by the National Centre for Voice Science. A simple review of how the voice works. The Voice is like a Car

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This is great. Joanna Cazden, who is an LA-based SLP and Voice specialist, published a guest post over on the “Speak Schmeak” blog. My favourite part: A vague feeling of phlegm or “something’s in my throat” can be a leading symptom …

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In this post, I’ll be reviewing how to do neck stretches. The goal here is to stretch out your neck muscles prior to beginning your voice work-out. There are muscles on all sides of your neck, so we need to …

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When an actor works in a large space, there are at least two major concerns: can we hear her, and can we understand her. Being audible is one thing. Being intelligible is quite another. Today actors are called upon to …

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