Voice

Research into Voice Problems at the La Trobe Communication Clinic

The La Trobe Voice Clinic is always looking for potential participants for research projects. As a participant you will help us to further understand the nature of voice problems.

To register as a potential participant, please download the forms applicable to you, fill it in and mail it to the specified address.

• Interest form for research: Adult (DOC 40KB)
• Interest form for research: Child (DOC 41KB)

The forms above do not oblige you to take part in research- participation is completely voluntary. Registration of interest may be withdrawn at any time by contacting the La Trobe Communication Clinic.

Specialist voice clinicians associated with the clinic regularly conduct or collaborate in research.

Recent projects include:

• Impact of voice disorders on human functioning (activity, participation and well-being)
• Cohort investigation of voice disorders in children
• Evaluation of the effectiveness of the Voice Care for Teachers program
• Voice Range Profile characteristics of Australian adults
• Differentiating muscle tension dysphonia from psychogenic aphonia and dysphonia
• Ambulatory phonation monitoring in children
• Vocal health in major league football coaches
• Acoustic, endoscopic and auditory-perceptual features of operatic singing voice
• Laryngeal functioning, voice-related activity and participation restrictions, and voice and communication outcomes in male-to-female transsexuals
• Communication characteristics of male-to-female transsexuals
• Communication satisfaction of male-to-female transsexuals
• Perceptions of gender in male-to-female transsexuals

Publications resulting from the research projects include:

Barnes, J., Davis, P., Oates, J., Chapman, J. (2004). The relationship between professional operatic soprano voice and high range spectral energy. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 116, 530-538.
Byrne, L.A., Dacakis, G. & Douglas, J.M. (2003). Self-perceptions of pragmatic communication abilities in male-to-female transsexuals, Advances in Speech-Language Pathology 5 (1), 15-25.
Carew, L., Dacakis, G., Oates, J. (2007). The effectiveness of oral resonance therapy on the perception of femininity of voice in male-to-female transsexuals. Journal of Voice, 21, 591-603.
Chan, S.W., Baxter, M., Oates, J., Yorston, A. (2004). Long-term results of Type 11 Thyroplasty for adductor spasmodic dysphonia. The Laryngoscope, 114, 1604-1608
Dacakis, G. (2000). Long-term maintenance of fundamental frequency increase in male-to-female transsexuals. Journal of Voice, 14 (4), 549-556.
Dacakis, G. (2002). The role of voice therapy in male-to-female transsexuals, Current Opinion in Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, 10 : 173-177.
Hay, I. Oates, J., Giannini, A., Berkowitz, R., Rotenberg, B. (2009). Pain perception of children undergoing nasendoscopy for investigation of voice and resonance disorders. Journal of Voice, 23, 380-388.
Holmberg, E., Oates, J., Dacakis, G., Grant, C. (In Press). Phonetograms, aerodynamic measurements, self-evaluations, and auditory-perceptual ratings of male-to-female transsexual voice. Journal of Voice.
Kenny, D.T., Davis, P., Oates, J. (2004). Music performance anxiety and occupational stress amongst opera chorus artists and their relationship with state and trait anxiety and perfectionism. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 18, 757-777.
Kitch, J.A. & Oates, J.M. (1996). Performance effects on the voices of ten choral singers: Acoustic and perceptual findings. Journal of Voice, 10, 217-227.
Holmes, R., Oates, J.M., Phyland, D., Hughes, A. (2000). Voice problems in the progression of Parkinson's Disease. International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders, 35, 407 - 418.
Lim, V.P.C., Oates, J.M., Phyland, D.J., Campbell, M.J. (1998).Effects of laryngeal endoscopy on the vocal performance of young adult females with normal voices. Journal of Voice, 12, 68 - 77 .
Mattiske, J. A., Oates, J. M. & Greenwood, K. M. (1998). Vocal problems among teachers: A review of prevalence, causes, prevention and treatment. Journal of Voice 12, 489 - 499.
McMahon-Lesic, J., Oates, J., Greenwood, K. (1998). Acquisition of speech following total laryngectomy. Australian Journal of Otolaryngology, 3, 37 - 49.
Oates, J. (2009). Auditory-perceptual evaluation of disordered voice quality. Folia Phoniatrica et Logopaedica, 61, 49-56.
Oates, J. (2001). The scientific basis of the management of clients with voice disorders. Evidence and Innovation. Proceedings of the 2001 Speech Pathology Australia National Conference, 1 - 15.
Oates, J., Bain, B., Davis, P., Chapman, J., Kenny, D. (2005). Development of an auditory-perceptual rating instrument for the operatic singing voice. Journal of Voice, 20, 71-81.
Oates, J.M. (2000). The intuitive vocal fold function model: An answer to the clinician's prayer? Advances in Speech Language Pathology, 2, 39 - 42.
Oates, J. & Dacakis, G. (1997). Voice change in transsexuals. Venereology. The Interdisciplinary Journal of Sexual Health, 10, 178 - 187.
Oates, J. M. & Russell, A. N. (1998). Learning voice analysis using an interactive multi-media package: Development and preliminary evaluation. Journal of Voice, 12, 500 - 512.
Oates, J. & Winkworth, A. (2008). Current knowledge, controversies and future directions in hyperfunctional voice disorders. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 10(4), 267-277
Pasricha, N., Dacakis, G., Oates, J. (2008). Communicative satisfaction of male-to-female transsexuals. Logopedics Phoniatrics Vocology,33, 25-34.
Pasa, G., Oates, J., Dacakis, G. (2007). The relative effectiveness of vocal hygiene training and vocal function exercises in preventing voice disorders in primary school teachers. Logopedics Phoniatrics Vocology, 32, 128-140.
Pinczower, R. & Oates, J. (2005). Vocal projection in actors: The long-term average spectral features that distinguish comfortable acting voice from voicing with maximal projection in male actors. Journal of Voice, 19, 440-453.
Phyland, D. J., Oates, J., & Greenwood, K. (1999). Self reported voice problems among three groups of professional singers. Journal of Voice, 13, 602 - 611.
Reid, K., Davis, P., Oates, J., Cabrera, D., Ternström, S., Black, M., Chapman, J. (2007). The acoustic characteristics of professional opera singers performing in chorus versus solo mode. Journal of Voice, 21, 35-45.
Russell, A. Oates, J., Greenwood, K. (2005). Prevalence of self-reported voice problems in the general population in South Australia. Advances in Speech-Language Pathology, 7, 24-30.
Russell, A., Oates, J., Greenwood, K. (1998). Prevalence of voice problems in schoolteachers. Journal of Voice, 12, 467-479.
Speed, L. & Oates, J. (2002) Effects of lecturing on the voices of tertiary teachers. Australian Voice, 8, 21-28