Vocology is the science and practice of vocal habilitation, or vocal training and therapy.
[Titze IR. (1996). What is vocology? Logopedics Phoniatrics Vocology, 21:5-6. ] Its concerns include the nature of
speech and language pathology, the defects of the
vocal tract
The vocal tract is the cavity in human bodies and in animals where the sound produced at the sound source ( larynx in mammals; syrinx in birds) is filtered.
In birds it consists of the trachea, the syrinx, the oral cavity, the upper part of th ...
(
laryngology), the remediation of
speech therapy, and the voice training (
voice therapy) and
voice pedagogy
Vocal pedagogy is the study of the art and science of voice instruction. It is used in the teaching of singing and assists in defining what singing is, how singing works, and how proper singing technique is accomplished.
Vocal pedagogy covers a ...
of
song
A song is a musical composition intended to be performed by the human voice. This is often done at distinct and fixed pitches (melodies) using patterns of sound and silence. Songs contain various forms, such as those including the repetiti ...
and
speech for
actor
An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), lit ...
s and
public speakers.
In its broadest sense, vocology is the study of voice, but as a professional discipline it has a narrower focus: the science and practice of voice habilitation, which includes evaluation, diagnosis, and intervention.
History
Vocology was invented (simultaneously, but independently) by
Ingo Titze, and an
otolaryngologist at
Washington University, Prof. George Gates.
Titze defines vocology as "the science and practice of voice habilitation, with a strong emphasis on habilitation". To habilitate means to “enable”, to “equip for”, to “capacitate”; in other words, to assist in performing whatever function that needs to be performed". He goes on that this "is more than repairing a voice or bringing it back to a former state ... rather, it is the process of strengthening and equipping the voice to meet very specific and special demands".
Requirements and educational programs
It is not yet its own professional degree, thus it only assists the voice medicine team. Usually a person practicing vocology is a voice coach with additional training in the voice medical arts, a prepared voice/singing teacher, or a speech pathologist with additional voice performance training—so they can better treat the professional voice user. The study of vocology is recognized academically by courses and institutes in India, Italy and the United States.
Colombia
Vocology Center, Todo Comunica
India
Chetana National Institute of Vocology
Italy
* Milan's Azienda Ospedaliera Fatebenefratelli e Oftalmico, University Alma Mater Studiorum in Bologna
United States
* Grabscheid Voice Center at
Mount Sinai Medical Center
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Indiana University Bloomington
Indiana University Bloomington (IU Bloomington, Indiana University, IU, or simply Indiana) is a public research university in Bloomington, Indiana. It is the flagship campus of Indiana University and, with over 40,000 students, its largest c ...
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Lamar University
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National Center for Voice and Speech at the
University of Utah
The University of Utah (U of U, UofU, or simply The U) is a public research university in Salt Lake City, Utah. It is the flagship institution of the Utah System of Higher Education. The university was established in 1850 as the University of De ...
offer an 8-week intensive course (9 graduate level university credits) and a Certificate in Vocology.
* Regional Center for Voice and Swallowing
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Rider University
* Vox Humana Laboratory at
St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center
Mount Sinai Morningside, formerly known as Mount Sinai St. Luke's, is a teaching hospital located in the Morningside Heights neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City. It is affiliated with the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and the M ...
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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (U of I, Illinois, University of Illinois, or UIUC) is a public land-grant research university in Illinois in the twin cities of Champaign and Urbana. It is the flagship institution of the Un ...
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University of Kansas
The University of Kansas (KU) is a public research university with its main campus in Lawrence, Kansas, United States, and several satellite campuses, research and educational centers, medical centers, and classes across the state of Kansas. T ...
University of Southern California Thornton School of Music*
Westminster Choir College
Korea, Republic of
Korean Vocology Association
Reflecting the increased recognition of vocology, the ''Scandinavian Journal of Logopedics & Phoniatrics'' and ''Voice'' merged in 1996 with the new name ''Logopedics, Phoniatrics, Vocology''.
[Kjær BE. (1996). Welcome to a New Journal. Logopedics Phoniatrics Vocology, 21: 3 ] Additionally, a new association bearing the name of vocology (Pan-American Vocology Association) has also been started.
See also
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Human Voice
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Speech
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Vocal loading Vocal loading is the stress inflicted on the speech organs when speaking for long periods.
Background
Of the working population, about 13% have professions where their voice is their primary tool. That includes professions such as teachers, sales ...
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Vocal fry
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Vocal rest
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Vocal range
Vocal range is the range of pitches that a human voice can phonate. A common application is within the context of singing, where it is used as a defining characteristic for classifying singing voices into voice types. It is also a topic of st ...
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Vocal warm up
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Voice analysis
Voice analysis is the study of speech sounds for purposes other than linguistic content, such as in speech recognition. Such studies include mostly medical analysis of the voice (phoniatrics), but also speaker identification. More controversiall ...
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Voice disorders
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Voice frequency
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Voice organ
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Voice pedagogy
Vocal pedagogy is the study of the art and science of voice instruction. It is used in the teaching of singing and assists in defining what singing is, how singing works, and how proper singing technique is accomplished.
Vocal pedagogy covers a ...
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Voice projection
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Voice synthesis
References
Further reading
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External links
{{Wiktionary, vocology
Pan-American Vocology AssociationLogopedics Phoniatrics Vocology(the journal of the Nordic Cooperation Council of Logopedics and Phoniatrics and The British Voice Association)
National Center for Voice and Speech*
ttps://music.ku.edu/vocology-lab University of Kansas Vocology LabVocology Center, Todo ComunicaAmerican Speech-Language-Hearing AssociationNational Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)
Speech and language pathology
Singing