Professional paper

https://doi.org/10.31299/hrri.52.1.10

Voice Therapy For Transgender People

Anamarija Varga ; Međimurska udruga za ranu intervenciju u djetinjstvu (MURID), Čakovec, Hrvatska
Ana Bonetti ; Edukacijsko-rehabilitacijski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Zagreb, Hrvatska

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.

Keywords

transgenderism; voice therapy

Hrčak ID:

161505

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/161505

Publication date:

8.7.2016.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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