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Vokalna terapija kod transrodnih osoba
Voice Therapy For Transgender People

Author(s): Anamarija Varga, Ana Bonetti
Subject(s): Gender Studies, Psychology of Self, Health and medicine and law
Published by: Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Edukacijsko-rehabilitacijski fakultet
Keywords: transgenderism; voice therapy;

Summary/Abstract: Transgender individuals are people who feel an incongruity between their self-identified gender and their birth gender.Transgenderism is a broad term and includes a spectrum of gender-nonconforming identities. The two main patterns of gender transition are Male-to-Female (MtF) and Female-to-Male (FtM).Transgender people often think their voice “betrays” them, i.e. it reveals their biological gender and represents the last obstacle to the individual’s full enjoyment of his/her new gender role. Regardless of this, many transgender individuals are not aware of the fact that they can go to speech and language pathologists (SLP) for therapy. The aim of this review article is to provide insight into the voice disorders of transgender people, i.e. to describe the assessment process and therapy protocols in hope of gaining a better understanding of the needs of this population.

  • Issue Year: 52/2016
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 114-126
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Croatian