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Below are blog posts of New York Speech & Voice Lab in the press. They are articles about gender affirming voice care that include interviews of some of my clients and me. They discuss the nature of vocal affirmation through personal stories and descriptions of voice work. See the Press page on this website for a full list of media pieces.

 
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"Vocal training helps trans women find their voices"
"Vocal training helps trans women find their voices"

My client Lillian Primrose was featured in this news story in the Guardian on May 20, 2019.

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"Does it bring you joy?"
"Does it bring you joy?"

Here is a link to the 4/8/19 episode of Nancy, the critically-acclaimed podcast on WYNC that features stories and conversations about TGBTQ experiences:

https://www.wnycstudios.org/story/nancy-podcast-does-it-bring-you-joy

In this episode, one of the hosts, Tobin Low, a cisgender gay man, discusses how he came to see me in my office in order to verify if he was lowering his pitch on purpose to avoid sounding too feminine, and whether that was the cause of his vocal fatigue and hoarseness. 

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"Vocal therapy helps some transgender people find their voice"
"Vocal therapy helps some transgender people find their voice"

Here is a radio news story that was broadcast about my client Alice Gorelick on The Pulse on National Public Radio, as part of the WHYY's series Our Bodies, Our Gender, September 7-8, 2017.

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"How voice therapists are helping trans people sound like their true selves"
"How voice therapists are helping trans people sound like their true selves"

Here is an online news story featuring my client, Rebecca Oppenheimer, and her work with me on your voice, posted on Fusion.net today (8/17/16).

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"How transgender women like Caitlin Jenner can feminize their tone"
"How transgender women like Caitlin Jenner can feminize their tone"

In reaction to Caitlin Jenner’s recent comment about wanting her voice to be more feminine, Korin Miller of Yahoo Health asked me about the nature of feminine voice training.

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"Can changing how you sound help you find your voice?"
"Can changing how you sound help you find your voice?"

Here is a radio news story that was broadcast on National Public Radio’s All Things Considered on 10/14/14 about my voice work.

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