The Voice

1. Many skilled authors use literary elements and techniques in their stories; for example, imagery, dialogue, and figurative language. Not only do these authors use this devices, they use them correctly. Stephen King, the author of On Writing and many other novels, uses these a lot throughout his novels. Figurative language and imagery plays a huge role in developing King’s novel. “The Rag’s office was a table located in the dirt-floored, rock-walled, spider-infested confines of our basement, somewhere

time in my life, I became aware of how I use my voice and body to deliver a certain message to an audience. This awareness came to me during my first professional voice class. With Antonio’s help, I became able to identify parts of my body that tighten up my movements and have a significant impact on my voice. During class exercises, I noticed that I have a tendency to lean my knees back and tense belly muscles. These habits do not let me free my voice and make it sound unnatural. After reading Patsy

that Australians can learn to understand the indigenous people, culture, and history, by invoking their emotions through the power of voices and storytelling. Since then I have devoted my life to shining a light on the past injustices against Australia’s first people that were once pretended did

1. How does the speaking voice influence the singing voice? I cannot tell you the number of times that I have had vocal teachers tell me that they cannot believe how high I can sing after hearing my speaking voice. Many vocal professionals tell me that I must be an alto and I have had many vocal issues. I have been told it is because teachers are pushing my voice to high and the opposite that it is because I speak too low. I blame it on being a very unhealthy human being. “Research has shown

Angry Voices from the Past and Present: Effects on Adults’ and Children’s Earwitness Memory Lisa Öhman, Anders Eriksson and Pär Anders Granhag A critical review Journal of Investigative Psychology and Offender Profiling 2013 Volume 10, Issue 1, Pages 57 – 70 Word count: 3347 As the old adage goes ‘a picture is worth a thousand words’. Often for investigating officers, eye witness testimony and what is seen, is heavily relied on

BACKGROUND: Tommy Callahan, a 9-year old male, participated in a voice evaluation on September 5, 2015 through the services of the Jackson State University Center for Speech-Language Pathology. The evaluation took place during a single session. Tommy was escorted by his mother, Mrs. Kirsten Callahan. Mrs. Callahan provided the case history information. CASE HISTORY: Tommy Callahan, a 9-year old male, was referred for a voice evaluation and therapy by Dr. Larry Nix, an otolaryngologist. He was scheduled

co-morbidities (gastro esophageal reflux disease and sinusitis) were excluded due to the well-known and documented harmful effects of these disorders on the voice quality.In our subjects, it was found that jitter, PPQ and phonatory resistance increase with the decrease in the pulmonary function. These vocal functions increased in abnormal voice quality and considered objective indications of dysphonia. The phonatory resistance increased with the decrease in the pulmonary function. Our subjects did

Assessment and Treatment of Adductor Spasmodic Dysphonia Julia Mangum East Carolina University Assessment and Treatment of Adductor Spasmodic Dysphonia Adductor spasmodic dysphonia (ADSD) is a voice disorder due to central motor processing abnormalities which result in decreased control of the laryngeal muscles (Blitzer, 2010). The idiopathic disorder is characterized by involuntary spasms of the laryngeal muscles controlling vocal fold adduction (National Spasmodic Dysphonia Association

Lee Silverman Voice Treatment (LSVT) There are many treatment methods that are used to target increasing vocal loudness and amplitude, particularly in individuals with Parkinson’s Disease. The Lee Silverman Voice Treatment (LSVT) “is an intensive, 1-month speech therapy regimen that trains dysarthric individuals with Parkinson’s Disease to speak in a louder voice while self-monitoring the effort it takes to produce such a voice” (Sapir, Spielman, Ramig, Story, & Fox, 2007). The treatment focus is

causing them to have the voice of a soprano woman, but the vocal power of an older, full-grown man. A general estimate said that four thousand boys a year were castrated in Italy. Some Castrati tried to make it in church choirs (which often gave them almost nothing of monetary value), most chose the opera route. They reigned supreme when they got onstage, being the obvious star of the show. They were the master performers that drew the crowd in with their amazing voices. During the Baroque