To: VOCALIST <vocalist>
From: Julie Ostrem
Subject: Re: What is vocology?
Send reply to: VOCALIST <vocalist>

Great question. Vocology is a relatively new term meaning "study of the
voice". Thus, a vocologist is any person who is specialized in voice,
including voice disorders and their management. A vocologist may be a
speech-language pathologist, an ear-nose-throat physician, or a voice
teacher or coach.

I believe the term has its origins here at The University of Iowa, where
we've developed specialty training in voice within our speech-language
pathology master's program.

Kind regards,
Julie Ostrem

At 01:09 PM 1/12/00 EST, you wrote:
>Ok. After 22 years of teaching singing I admit I'm not sure what is meant by
>"vocology." Is it the study of everything that has to do with the Voice?
>Thanks for explaining!
>
>Cate Frazier-Neely
>