The Voice Foundation

World Voice Day encourages men and women, young and old, to assess their vocal health and take action to improve or maintain good voice habits. The American Academy of Otolaryngology--Head and Neck Surgery has sponsored the U.S. observance of World Voice Day since its inception in 2002.

The voice is more important than ever-in school, on the job, and for social interaction. But many abuse their voice by smoking, shouting, drinking, or poor speaking technique. When problems occur, treatment is often ignored, leading to more significant problems.

To address this, World Voice Day was established as a special day of awareness, recognition, and celebration of the human voice. Commemorated each year on April 16^th, World Voice Day owes its roots to a group of Brazilian voice care professionals who decided to celebrate the voice in 1999 by establishing Brazilian Voice Day.

Since that time, this day has grown to become a global day of recognition, as members of the Academy's Speech, Voice, and Swallowing Disorders Committee communicated with colleagues from Brazil and Europe to establish the global World Voice Day we celebrate today.

World Voice Day serves as an education campaign to inform the public of the importance of the human voice and the need for preventative care.

14th International Workshop on Laser Voice Surgery & Voice Care
April 8 -10, 2010
PARIS – FRANCE

Chairman
Jean ABITBOL, M.D

Co-Chairmen
Robert T. SATALOFF, M.D., D.M.A.
Michael BENNINGER, M.D. – Harvey TUCKER, M.D.

For further information contact:
Jean ABITBOL, M.D. - 1, Rue Largillière – 75016 PARIS – FRANCE
Tel: 00 33 1 46 47 91 89 –
Fax : 00 33 1 45 27 72 30 -
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Introduction

This international workshop is designed to present and to share state of the art information on voice of interest to otolaryngologists, speech pathologists and scientists. The workshop covers physiology to phonosurgery, from the molecule of elastin to the voice handicap index, from the embryology to the adult vocal fold, from the polyp of the vocal fold to the spasmodic dysphonia. The delegates will improve their basics, and the limits that phonosurgery and speech therapy could reach from the faculty experience.

Furthermore the innovation session will bring the cutting edge in laryngology and what we could expect from the future in our field.

The major topics are this year : Benign lesions of the vocal folds, Neurolaryngology, Papilloma and Pediatric laryngeal diseases.

The innovative session: “The cutting edge in laryngology and voice science” will address recent research findings for the clinical practice on robotic, laryngeal stenosis, clinical findings on stroboscopy and new imaging technology.

If you are interested in additional voice related meetings, please visit one of the following links:

AAO-HNSF Annual Meeting: September 26-29, 2010 (http://am2010.entnet.org/)

11th Annual Meeting at COSM: April 27-May 2, 2011 (http://www.trilogical.org/meetings.htm)

The Pan-European Voice Conference: August 31-September 3, 2011 (http://www.pevoc9.fr)

Additional Voice Links