The Vocal Injury Prevention Program (VIP) for the Pittsburgh Opera Resident Artist
Program Goal: Empower emerging and established performers with general knowledge about vocal health and an individual plan for prevention of vocal injury
- Group vocal health seminar with 3 vocal health lectures
- Individual sessions between a UPMC laryngologist, voice specialized speech-language pathologist, and Pittsburgh Opera Resident Artist
- Confidential medical review
- Voice history complete head and neck examination
- Perceptual assessment of voice
- Laryngeal videostroboscopy
- Acoustic and aerodynamic assessment of voice
- Develop an individualized vocal longevity plan
Watch the presentation of How the Voice Works by Chloe Santa Maria, MD, MPH. Dr. Santa Maria is the Director of UPMC Complex Airway Center and an Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.
Watch the presentation of Facts and Myths around Vocal Injury in the Performer by Libby J. Smith, DO, and Sandra Stinnett, MD. Dr. Smith is the Director of Voice, Airway, & Swallow Center and the Division Chief of Laryngology. Dr. Stinnett is the Director of UPMC Swallow Disorder Center and an Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.