The Evolving Singing Voice: Changes Across the Lifespan

Contents
Acknowledgments
Contributors
Reviewers
1 Introduction
2 Newborn, Infant, and Child
	Respiration
	Vibration
	Resonance
	Expectations
		Baby and Toddler Sounds
		Time for School
		Voice Lessons for Children
	From the Teachers
		Robert Edwin
		Sara Westermark
		Nikki Loney
	Summary
	References
3 The Adolescent Years
	Hormones
	Respiration
	Vibration
	History
	Resonance
		Timbre
		Level 2 Source-Filter Interactions
		Orthodontics
	Expectations
		First Lesson
		Getting Started
	From the Teachers
		Voice Teacher 1. Marianne Wilumsen Lewis
		Voice Teacher 2. Ken Donovan
		Voice Teacher 3. Catherine DeLanoy
		Voice Teacher 4. Kyle Sackett
		Voice Teacher 5. Chadley Ballantyne: Four Student Examples
	References
4 Young Adult
	Introduction
	Education
	Respiration
	Vibration
	Resonance
	Expectations
		Voice Lessons
		Vocal Health
		Classical Repertoire
		Choir
		Music Theater and CCM
	Tying it All Together with Language and Speech Motor Control (by Chadley Ballantyne)
	Evaluation and Adjudication
	First Gigs
	Many Styles—Many Techniques
	From the Students
	References
5 Adult
	Avocation or Career
	Respiration
	Vibration
	Resonance
	Expectations
	References
6 The Senescent Singer
	Introduction
	Hormonal Senescence
	The Sound of the Voice
	Respiration
	Vibration
		Laryngeal Framework
		The Vocal Folds
		Vocal Fold Oscillation
	Resonance
	Presbyphonia
	Expectations
	From the Teacher
		Example 1
		Example 2
		Example 3
		Example 4
		Example 5
		Example 6
	References
7 Medical Assessment Across the Lifespan: Laryngeal Imaging, Perceptual, and Acoustic/Aerodynamic Assessment
	A Review of Anatomy and Physiology Across the Lifespan
	Presbyphonia
		Clinical Assessment and Laryngeal Imaging of the Aging Voice
	Adult Voice Disorders Assessment: The Role of the Speech-Language Pathologist
		Team Approach
		Evaluation of Voice Disorders in Adult Populations—Assessment by a Speech-Language Pathologist
	Pediatric Voice Disorders Assessment: The Role of the Speech-Language Pathologist
		Evaluation of Voice Disorders in Pediatric Populations—Assessment by a Speech-Language Pathologist
		Common Voice Complaints in Pediatrics
		The Pediatric Voice Evaluation
		Case History
		Perceptual Assessment
		Acoustic Measures
		Aerodynamic Measures
		Quality of Life Measures
		Laryngeal Imaging
		Pediatric Voice Therapy
	References
8 Training Tools Across the Lifespan
	The 5-Day Mini-Challenge
	5-Day and 6-Week Rule
	Onset Exercises
	Pharyngeal Stretches
	Support Feedback From a Chair
	Falsetto/Giggedy-Gaggedy-Goo Sequence
	Creaking
	Learning and Teaching Styles
		Tactile/Kinesthetic
		Analytic/Spatial
		Visual
		Auditory
	The Five Textures of Singing
	Semi-Occluded Vocal Tract Exercises (by Chadley Ballantyne and Karen Brunssen)
		Straw Phonation
		Buzzing Cards (from Mary Ann Hart)
		Finger Kazoo
		Humming
		Cow and Calf
		Tongue-Out Phonation
	Chadley's "Weird" Exercise
	Fifty Quick Comments to Share with Singers
	Vocal Evaluation
	Exercises
		For Children
		Articulation
		Semi-Occluded Vocal Tract Exercises
		Onset Exercises
		Staccato
		Support
		Textures
		Legato
		Coloratura
		Arpeggios
	Vocal Bundling
		Infant Vocal Bundle
		Toddler Vocal Bundles
		Children Vocal Bundle (Younger)
		Children Vocal Bundle (Older)
		Adolescent Vocal Bundles (by Chadley Ballantyne)
		Young Adult Vocal Bundle
		Adult Vocal Bundle
		Senescent Singer Vocal Bundles
	References
Index