World Voice Day
World Voice Day (WVD) is a worldwide annual event that takes place on April 16 devoted to the celebration of the phenomenon of voice.[1] The aim is to demonstrate the enormous importance of the voice in our daily lives, as a tool of communication, and as an application of a large number of sciences, such as physics, psychology, phonetics, art, and biology. It was initiated in 1999 as a combined effort of American and European otolaryngologists and speech and language pathologists, particularly the American Academy of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery (AAO-HNS) and MD Mario André in Portugal. Now, the celebration of the World Voice Day is scattered around the globe, including concerts, symposia, open house at voice clinics and voice education institutes, TV shows, and radio programs.
References
- ↑ Švec, Jan G., Behlau, Mara (2007). "The World Voice Day," Fol Phon 59, 53–54. – http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000098337
External links
- WVD website of the international World Voice Day 2013 Planning Committee
- WVD site of the American Academy for Otolaryngology – Head and Neck surgery
- WVD General Site of Vocal Disorders
- WVD website of the National Center for Voice and Speech
- WVD website of the British Voice Association
- WVD website of the Voice Care Network UK
- WVD website of the National Institute of Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
- WVD website of the Clinic of Audiology and Phoniatry, Charité Berlin
- website of The Voice Foundation
- WVD Australia site