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Participants
: Shruthi Ravi Navneeth
Concept Direction : Mala Mohan
Voice health is becoming important as many people rely on their voices for
their work. Professional voice users like singers, teachers, radio jockeys,
theatre artistes, etc. are more prone to laryngeal pathologies and voice
related disorders than the general population due to the nature of work
and lifestyle. Most voice disorders can be prevented with vocal hygiene
measures, conservative voice use and regular vocal workouts. This product
developed by Dr. Prakash Boominathan presents a set of postural, breathing,
and vocal warm up exercises developed using principles of yoga, exercise
physiology and vocal muscle function exercises. These are believed to develop
breath support for singing and speaking, improve vocal texture and clarity,
increase vocal endurance that resists tissue damage.
Dr. Prakash Boominathan, a reputed speech pathologist is well known among
the community of Indian classical singers. He obtained his graduate degrees
from the All India Institute of Speech and Hearing, Mysore and his PhD (Vocal
dynamics in singers) from Sri Ramachandra University, Chennai. He is currently
an Associate Professor in the Department of Speech Language and Hearing
Sciences, Sri Ramachandra University, Chennai. He has been instrumental
in the establishment and development of voice related clinical, academic
and research activities at the University. As part of the prestigious Fulbright
Research Fellowship he visited the University of Cincinnati, Ohio, and other
voice centers in the United States. Dr. Boominathan is a qualified clinical
educator at University of Toronto and an international collaborator at the
Human Performance Laboratory, Bowling Green State University, Ohio, US.
He has conducted several workshops and seminars on 'voice care and management'
in India and abroad. He is master clinician who works exclusively in the
area of professional voice care in India.
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