Project

Effectiveness of speech therapy in transwomen

Code
01N02719
Duration
01 January 2019 → 31 December 2024
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Research disciplines
  • Humanities and the arts
    • Discourse studies
  • Medical and health sciences
    • Laryngology
    • Laryngology
    • Speech and language therapy
    • Voice
    • Laryngology
Keywords
Effectiveness Voice therapy Articulation therapy Communication feminization therapy Male-to-female transgender transwomen
 
Project description

The purpose of this project is to investigate the short-term and longer-term impact of speech therapy for voice and resonance on (a) acoustic voice characteristics, (b) listener perceptions of femininity and gender identification and (c) self-perception and psychosocial functioning in male-to-female transgender persons (transwomen) using a randomized controlled study and cross-over design.