Dena is trying to learn a new voice. Over the course of the past year, she’s had nearly two dozen training sessions at George Washington University’s Speech and Hearing Center. During that time, she’s ...

For a lot of transgender people, their voice is a major source of gender dysphoria, which is a feeling of significant distress or impairment that stems from a strong desire to be another gender. As ...

Transfeminine people with deep, stereotypically masculine voices may train their voices to sound more in line with their gender identity. Working with a vocal coach or an app can help them speak in a ...

Create an account or log in to save stories. CATHY WURZER: Like it or not, the sound of your voice says a lot about you. Trust me, I know this. I'm a radio host. And for some transgender people, a key ...

NORTHAMPTON — Five years ago, Cooley Dickinson speech language pathologist Laurie Korza began doing gender-affirming voice training with a transgender patient for the first time. Today, these patients ...

The National Institute of Health (NIH) has awarded over $200,000 to researchers to create a "transgender voice training" app that aims, in part, to help trans women sound more feminine. A transgender ...

Think about all the ways you show the world who you are. How you dress, how you look, what you prefer to be called, who you spend your time with, even how you sound — they all convey your specific ...

Transgender voice therapy is a type of gender-affirming care. It consists of vocal training that helps people with gender dysphoria align their voices with their gender identity. Voice therapy for ...

Calling customer service is a situation we all know and dread. We navigate a maze of automated voice commands, hoping to speak with a real live person. For some that live connection is a relief—but ...

Some trans women, transfeminine people, and other gender-expansive folks may opt for voice feminization surgery when medically transitioning. As such, voice feminization surgery is a type of gender ...