Voice Committee
Chair
Rahul Shrivastav (USA & India)
Committee Members
Ofer Amir (Israel)
Estella Ma (Hong Kong)
Eiji Yumoto (Japan)
Janet Baker (Australia)
Philippe Dejonckere (The Netherlands)
Thomas Murry (USA)
Eeva Sala (Finland)
Committee VISION
IALP Voice Committee aspires to advance knowledge in voice disorders worldwide.
Committee MISSION
To improve the quality of life of individuals with voice disorders, the IALP Voice Committee:
- facilitates international cooperation and collaboration about science, education and practice;
- creates, shares and distributes information; and
- provides a platform for international networking.
Committee INITIATIVES
- Promote and expand the World Voice Day Activities
- Promote interdisciplinarity on the field of voice
- Improve the situation of Outcome Measures within the voice field
- Organize Special symposia.
Previous achievements
- Special section of papers in Folia Phoniatrica et Logopaedica 2009; 61(1) from The Voice Committee symposium on the topic “Outcome measures in voice” organized during the IALP World Congress in Copenhagen in 2007.
- Article on the World Voice Day http://content.karger.com/ProdukteDB/produkte.asp?doi=98337
Future plans and challenges
Organization of a special Voice Committee symposium during the IALP World Congress in Torino, Italy in 2013.
Current topics of discussion
Expanding the World Voice Day activities
Topics of presentations for the planned Voice Committee Symposium
International challenges
- Improve public knowledge on the importance of voice and increase public alertness to voice problems to allow early detection of laryngeal pathologies
- Improve the situation of Outcome Measures within the voice field worldwide
Person to contact
Rahul Shrivastav
Chair, Voice Committee
