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Announcements
2024 Student Encouragement Award
The Australian Voice Association (AVA) and the Australian Dysphonia Network (ADN) are thrilled to announce the winners of the 2024 Student Encouragement Award. This award exists to acknowledge the efforts and outstanding achievements of students studying speech pathology, singing, or other vocal specialities (e.g., singing coaching/vocal coaching) whose focus is a career that contributes to the promotion of vocal health.
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The award comprises:
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A $1000 bursary for the grand prize winner to help further fund the education of the recipient.
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Free AVA membership for 1 year for each state finalist.
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We are thrilled to announce the recipients of this year’s Student Encouragement Award:
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Nadine Manion (grand prize winner)
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Jaimi Kubat (state finalist)
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Paige Abblitt (state finalist)
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Mienke Breebaart (state finalist)
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Erin Bromfield (state finalist)
We are grateful to the Australian Dysphonia Network for their contribution to this award, and for the many outstanding applications we received. We look forward to continuing this award in the future.
Blogs
Useful Links
Resources
This year we are thrilled to team up with the British Voice Association in creating and distributing their annual World Voice Day flyer called Teacher! Your Voice Matters. Download the flyer here.
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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.
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American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
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Duke Medicine - Voice Conditions
NIDCD - Voice, Speech and Language Section
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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.
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The Voice Newsletter: Singing when sick, and when to return to performance during the COVID pandemic
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Working Safely during COVID-19: performing arts
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Safe Singing during SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic: What we know and what we don't
Sydney Health: Telehealth in Voice - Practicalities
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Other Links
The AVA is proud to suggest the following links which may be useful to our members.
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Australian Society of Performing Arts Healthcare (ASPAH)
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National Association of Teachers of Singing
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Australian National Association of Teachers of Singing
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The National Centre for Voice and Speech
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British Voice Association (BVA)
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British Laryngological Association
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National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NICDC)
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Laryngology Society of Australasia (LSA)
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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):
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
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Vocal Cord Dysfunction / Inducible Laryngeal Obstruction - Associate Professor Anne Vertigan, Dr Anthony Rotman, & Associate Professor Eve Denton
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Diet and Lifestyle: Fact or Fiction? - Dr Paul Paddle
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Trans and Gender Diverse Voices - Alessandra Giannini & Emma Ball
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The Stories Behind the Voices: the Development of Vocal Identity - Dr Belinda McMahon
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The Life and Times of a Voice Therapist - Cecilia Pemberton
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