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Voice in the News: Vocal coaches and the tricks they teach politicians
“What makes a politician an effective public speaker?” Not only did Keir Starmer, the prime minister, face a tough week on mid-Atlantic relations and the economy, he was also (in some quarters) taken to task for working with a voice coach. We link to an article in The Guardian (8 February) written by Esther Addley…
Read MoreExpert Vocal Mimicry: How Wallace got a new voice
If you sat down to view the latest Wallace & Gromit offering this Xmas, you would have heard the debut of voice artist, Ben Whitehead, as Wallace. A role established previously and most distinctively by Peter Sallis. In her article for The Conversation BVA member, Jenny Chantelle Tullett gives the background to this feat of…
Read MoreVoice Clinics Forum 2025 – Successful paper submissions announced
Multidisciplinary Management of Benign Vocal Fold Pathologies The four successful Paper submissions for Voice Clinic Forum 2025 (Friday, 28 February) are: 1) “Safety of local anaesthetic injection laryngoplasty with calcium hydroxylapatite for unilateral vocal cord palsy: A systematic review.” from James Holland (Presenting Author), Will Evans, Will Tsang, Nimesh Patel. 2) “Positive outcomes of group therapy…
Read MoreVoice in the News: Life Changing (BBC: Sian Edwards)
In her series Life Changing (BBC r4) Sian Edwards speaks with Tania Bage, post laryngectomy, about the permanent loss of her voice and how she is learning to communicate all over again. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0025c09
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