Unpacking the Mind-Voice Connection in Occupational Voice Users!
Thursday 4th September 2025, 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM (London Time)
This session will explore the Mind-Voice Connection, a holistic framework that considers how psychological traits, stress levels, and sleep quality interact with vocal health, particularly in occupational voice users. Through a multidisciplinary lens, we will examine how personality dimensions such as extraversion, neuroticism, and conscientiousness influence not only vocal behaviour but also the perception and reporting of vocal fatigue.
Participants will gain insights into how factors, such chronic stress and insufficient sleep, can disrupt voice production, increase vocal effort, and compromise communicative performance. These disruptions are particularly relevant for professionals who rely heavily on their voices, such as educators, performers, and clinicians. The session will highlight how stress-induced physiological responses and sleep-related fatigue can manifest in vocal symptoms, and how these may be moderated by individual personality profiles.
Participants will gain insights into how personality may affect not only vocal health outcomes but also the way individuals report and respond to vocal strain. This has profound implications for voice pedagogy, clinical assessment, and the development of personalized vocal care strategies. The session will also discuss the role of pulmonary function and acoustic parameters in predicting personality traits, offering a multidimensional view of voice assessment.
By integrating psychological profiling with voice science, this session encourages a more holistic approach to understanding and supporting occupational voice users. This presentation is ideal for voice pedagogues, clinicians, researchers, and educators interested in the subtle ways personality and voice interact, especially in high-demand vocal professions.
🏷️ Price £30 (UK VAT inclusive)
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Dr Cantor Cutiva
Assistant Professor in the Department of Audiology & Speech-Language Pathology at East Tennessee State University, Dr. Cantor Cutiva, is a distinguished Speech-Language Pathologist. She holds a Master's degree in Health and Safety at Work from the National University of Colombia, a second Master's degree in Health Sciences with a specialization in Public Health, and a Ph.D. in Health Sciences from Erasmus University in Rotterdam, Netherlands.
Attend this course for as little as £22 as part of the Voice Professional Training CPD Award Scheme.
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