Vocal Vitality Module 1: The Myo-Voice Connection, is the first part in a series of unique comprehensive interdisciplinary courses designed to help professionals and voice users understand how anatomy, breathing, oral function, and vocal mechanics work together to support a healthy, efficient, and powerful voice.

The human voice is central to communication, identity, professional performance, and emotional expression, yet vocal health is often overlooked until problems arise. This course was designed for professionals who work in voice habilitation and rehabilitation, as well as professional voice users seeking self-assessment tools and greater mindfulness of their own instrument.

The introductory module 1 program bridges the gap among speech-language pathology, vocology, dentistry, and laryngology to provide a deeper understanding of how the voice functions and how it can be protected, restored, and optimized through both habilitation and rehabilitation.

Participants will gain practical insight into the sciences of vocology and speech-language pathology, including what makes these fields complementary yet distinct. Content will include voice anatomy and physiology, power-source-filter theory, breathing support, resonance, and the biomechanics of articulation as they relate to both every day and professional voice use.

Robyn will guide participants in identifying the factors that shape unique voices and make them memorable. Through analysis of professional voices, course will highlight connections between form and function and examine how these relationships influence a performer’s sound, vocal identity, and efficiency. Structural and functional disorders will also be highlighted for personal and professional identification. Pathologies such as tongue-tie will be discussed for the myo-voice connection.

An overview of foundational vocal supports to improve clarity, resonance, timbre, and stamina are included, along with practical daily routines to promote healthy voice use. The importance of interdisciplinary collaboration among SLPs, ENTs, dentists, and vocal professionals will be reinforced throughout the course.

COURSE DATES

April 16th, 2026

April Time Ordered Agenda

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LEARNING OBJECTIVES

Module 1 - The Myo-Voice Connection

• List at least three anatomical components of the larynx that support voice power and filters.
• Describe 2 similarities between vocology and orofacial myology.
• State 3 factors that through self-assessment could be sabotaging speaking and/or singing.

CE Credits

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The voice is more than a tool for communication. It reflects the integration of respiration, vocal fold agility, articulation and resonance, along with holistic health, posture & alignment and neurological coordination.

Despite its importance, voice education is often fragmented across disciplines. Clinicians may understand pathology but not performance, while performers may understand technique without vocal pathology or other orofacial myofunctional factors that could be sabotaging vocal performance.

This course was created to close that gap.

Voice Vitality brings together perspectives from:

• Speech-Language Pathology
• Orofacial Myology
• Airway Dentistry
• Laryngology/Otolaryngology
• Vocal coaching
• Vocology
• Professional Voice Users  

By understanding how these systems interact, professionals can better support patients, performers, and voice users across a wide range of contexts.

Voice Vitality is designed for professionals and individuals who rely on the voice in their work or clinical practice.

This includes:

• Speech-Language Pathologists
• Voice Professionals
• Lecturers
• Dental and Medical Professionals (ENTs/Laryngologists)
• Educators/Professors
• Lawyers
• Religious Lectors
• Orofacial Myologists
• Actors, Singers, and Performers
• Broadcasters, and Public Speakers
• Anyone seeking a deeper understanding of vocal health

Recording Launches April 16 

This course launches on World Voice Day, an international event dedicated to raising awareness about voice care and vocal health.

The goals of World Voice Day include:

• Promoting preventative voice care
  • Educating the public about voice disorders
  • Encouraging interdisciplinary research and collaboration
  • Providing practical strategies for protecting vocal function

Voice Vitality is designed to support this mission by bringing together clinicians, educators, and performers to better understand the science behind the human voice.

Voice Vitality offers a unique interdisciplinary perspective rarely found in traditional voice training programs.

Participants will gain:

• Practical, science-based education on vocal function
• Insight into the relationship between oral function, breathing, and voice
• Strategies to improve vocal endurance and clarity
• Exposure to interdisciplinary collaboration between clinicians and performers
• Real-world case examples and expert insight

This course is designed for anyone who wants to understand, protect, and strengthen the voice through evidence-based knowledge and practical application.