Ep.141 How Curiosity and Science Help Us Understand the Voice with Aaron Johnson

Singing Teachers Talk

Voice scientist Aaron Johnson joins Alexa to discuss laboratories, rats, the ageing larynx, and wearable devices to detect vocal fatigue. Aaron has had a career as a professional classical singer and teacher and is now a researcher and speech-language pathologist specialising in vocal habilitation and rehabilitation. He is currently an associate professor in the Department of Otolaryngology at New York University Grossman School of Medicine, is the co-director of NYU Langone Voice Center, and leads the Johnson Research Lab.
‘The voice is like the rest of the body so in your 30s you’ll start muscle atrophy’

RELEVANT LINKS & MENTIONS

• National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATs)
• The work of Karen Brunssen
• Vocal Training Mitigates Age-Related Changes Within the Vocal Mechanism in Old Rats by Aaron M. Johnson, Michelle R. Ciucci & Nadine P. Connor
• Singing Teachers Talk Podcast: Ep.102 Understanding Singing and Menopause with Joanne Bozeman
• Vocal Function Exercises by Joseph Stemple
• Lee Silverman Voice Training
• PhoRTE Exercises by Dr Aaron Ziegler and Dr Edie Hapner
• The Man That’s Ageing Backwards from The Diary of a CEO
• Singing Teachers Talk Podcast: Ep.61 Measuring Vocal Load in Contemporary Musical Theatre with Ana Flavia Zuim
• First Wearable Device for Vocal Fatigue Senses When Your Voice Needs a Break
• The work of John A Rogers
• Lynn Helding

ABOUT THE GUEST
Aaron M. Johnson, MM, PhD, CCC-SLP, is a researcher and speech–language pathologist specialising in voice habilitation and rehabilitation. He is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Otolaryngology at New York University Grossman School of Medicine and Co-Director of the NYU Langone Voice Center. His research laboratory, funded by the National Institutes of Health, uses novel translational research methods to examine laryngeal neuromuscular mechanisms underlying ageing, vocal exercise, and phonotraumatic injury response.
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