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So excited to be able to welcome two incredible conferences back-to-back in our hometown this October-ICVPB and PAVA!

ICVPB 2026 Join us for ICVPB 2026 in Salt Lake City, Utah. This conference brings together top voice scientists to discuss voice physiology and biomechanics.

Who is headed to The Voice Foundation Symposium this week? You will see Brian, Amanda, Lynn and Fiona in Philadelphia!

Alumni, we don't have a formal meet up scheduled, but please look out for the team and say "hi". (Pssssst-the next big SVI alumni party will be at PAVA in October here in SLC!)

Here's the schedule for our presenters:

THURSDAY
8:06pm In Pursuit of a Definition of Belt Voice: a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis Marita Stryker, DMA, MM, BM, Brian Manternach, DM, MM, BA

FRIDAY
Workshop Session III 2:30-3:40pm
From Disorder to Distortion: a Science-informed Framework for Understanding Harsh Vocals as Clinical Tools Amanda Stark, PhD, CCC-SLP, Geddy Warner, MM, Elizabeth Zharoff, MM, Sarah Kervin, CCC-SLP, MM, MS

An INCREDIBLE opportunity to attend ICVPB AND PAVA conferences in the same week in the same city! Don't miss this chance to be in the Wasatch mountains at the most beUTAHful time of the year.

www.ncvs.org October 7-8, 2025: The International Conference on Voice Physiology and Biomechanics (ICVPB) returns in 2026 with two intensive days dedicated to advancing the fundamental science of human voice production.

Don't miss your chance for Early Bird registration for ICVPB 2026! Stay the week and catch both ICVPB AND PAVA conferences in the same beUTAHful city of Salt Lake. Our colleagues are all working hard to bring you two wonderful conferences. Cannot wait!

ICVPB 2026 Join us for ICVPB 2026 in Salt Lake City, Utah. This conference brings together top voice scientists to discuss voice physiology and biomechanics.

A very exciting announcement we had to keep secret until today! Last night, at their annual banquet, the American Laryngological Association named Dr. Ingo Titze the 2026 deRoaldes Award Recipient. This is the highest distinction ALA awards, and it is rare to be awarded to a PhD researcher (as opposed to an MD). We are so proud of Dr. Titze and grateful for the contributions he has made to the field and to our institution during his career. 👏 👏👏
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We have INCREDIBLE news to share at the end of our FIRST 24 hours of 2026. We have met our dollar-for-dollar staff match, with well over $1200 having been donated to the Summer Vocology Institute scholarship fund! Just our ambitious Challenge Grant remains. We need 70 people to give just $5 or more, by 11:59pm tomorrow night. We KNOW we can do this, but need everyone's help.

Give now and please share the word about this awesome opportunity to support an aspiring vocologist! Your gift is 100% tax deductible! Thank you for sharing what you can to help us win $3000 additional for the fund.

Now is the BEST TIME to give: https://www.givecampus.com/s/3vfze7

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Did you catch this wonderful profile of our very own Post-Doc Researcher, Dr. Amanda Stark? We love all the ways she brings her whole self to her research and clinical work and in support of her family. Grateful to have her on our team!

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Amanda Stark Amanda Stark is a post-doctoral researcher and clinical speech-language pathologist who works with patients, touring artists, and death metal singers, bridging medicine and art. But Amanda's favorite part of her job is the flexibility. She gets to be home with her kids for the sports, the homework,....

Our Post-Doc Fellow, Dr. Amanda Stark, had the opportunity to share her research on single and double articulation in clarinet playing at BYU for the Clarinet Festival last week.

"We had the chance to walk through our MRI and endoscopy data, using real internal views to make the invisible visible—showing what’s actually happening inside the mouth and vocal tract as articulation changes during performance.

Watching the audience connect technique they feel every day with clear physiological images was a powerful reminder of how science and artistry can sharpen each other when they’re allowed to share the same space."

First Photo from left to right: Dr. Laura Grantier, Darrin Thiriot, Dr. Stark, and Lee Livengood)

Second photo: Dr. Stark presents MRI imaging to students.

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