Combinatie stemtherapie en operatie
Voice feminization surgery only focusses on pitch and due to Leung et al. (2018) Speaking fundamental frequency contributes to 41.6% of the variance in gender perception. So if we would only work on pitch, it wouldn’t be enough to be perceived as female. This is why voice therapy in is highly recommended.
4 steps to find your voice
1
Voice assessment
Analysis of the voice recordings
Acoustic-spectographic measurements
Expectations voice
Use of the voice in daily life
2
Pre surgery voice therapy
Weekly voice training for flexibility and a healthy voice before the surgery.
(3-5 sessions recommended before voice surgery)
If you want, we can do the whole voice feminization before the surgery and you can still decide if you want/need the surgery afterwards.
3
Voice surgery
Increase the tension of the vocal cords
Reducing the mass of the vocal cords
4
Post surgery voice therapy
Voice recovery
Voice flexibility
Improvement of vocal fold closure
Improvement of mucosal wave
Singing exercises
Voice feminization with focus on resonance, articulation, intonation, posture
(minimum 10 sessions recommended after surgery)
