Resources
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Announcements
2025 World Voice Day Flyer
In collaboration with British Voice Association (BVA), we have created a flyer that highlights the importance of World Voice Day and vocal health. Download the 2025 flyer here. If you would also like to access the 2024 flyer, please scroll down to the "Resources" section of this page below.
The AVA strives to empower the voices of our membership and community by providing resources and professional development events. We look forward to continuing our mission with you.
Blogs
Useful Links
Resources
We have joined with the British Voice Association in creating and distributing their World Voice Day flyer with the theme Empower Your Voice. Download the 2025 flyer here.
Download the 2024 World Voice Day flyer here.
Dr David Azul and Dr Sterling Quinn (with the support of other TGD people) have created the following resource for TGD voices: Working With Your Voice: A peer-to-peer resource by and for trans and gender-diverse people.
Educational Links
The AVA is in the process of developing local educational resources for our members. In the meantime we would like to suggest the following educational resources which may be of use to members.
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
Duke Medicine - Voice Conditions
NIDCD - Voice, Speech and Language Section
If you have any other suggested educational links please submit to us via the comments section
COVID-Related Links
Here are some topical voice related resources during these unprecedented COVID times - we will update these regularly.
The Voice Newsletter: Singing when sick, and when to return to performance during the COVID pandemic
Working Safely during COVID-19: performing arts
Safe Singing during SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic: What we know and what we don't
Sydney Health: Telehealth in Voice - Practicalities
Other Links
The AVA is proud to suggest the following links which may be useful to our members.
Australian Society of Performing Arts Healthcare (ASPAH)
National Association of Teachers of Singing
Australian National Association of Teachers of Singing
The National Centre for Voice and Speech
British Voice Association (BVA)
British Laryngological Association
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NICDC)
Laryngology Society of Australasia (LSA)
Webinars
Members receive exclusive access to our Webinar Archives. A list of our available webinars are below.
Free Webinars:
"Out Sung": Developing a strong and healthy vocal practice for the professional voice - Dr Heather Fletcher and Samantha U'Ren
Second-Chance Webinars (available at small fee):
Why Bother with Acoustic Vocal Pedagogy? - Kenneth Bozeman
Bio-psychosocial Perspectives on the Assessment and Management of Voice Disorders: Realigning Top-down and Bottom-up Neuropsychological Connectivity for True Resolution - Dr Jan Baker
Neurological Voice Disorders: Causes, Assessment, & Treatment - Dr Amanda Richards, Dr Belinda Cruse, & Dr Nicole Free
Vocal Cord Dysfunction / Inducible Laryngeal Obstruction - Associate Professor Anne Vertigan, Dr Anthony Rotman, & Associate Professor Eve Denton
Diet and Lifestyle: Fact or Fiction? - Dr Paul Paddle
Trans and Gender Diverse Voices - Alessandra Giannini & Emma Ball
The Stories Behind the Voices: the Development of Vocal Identity - Dr Belinda McMahon
The Life and Times of a Voice Therapist - Cecilia Pemberton
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