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Voice Resources and Voice Bio

Pages from the ASHA website:
Information page on vocal nodules and polyps:
http://www.asha.org/public/speech/disorders/NodulesPolyps.htm

Information page on paradoxical vocal fold function:
http://www.asha.org/public/speech/disorders/PVFM.htm

Information page on vocal fold paralysis:
http://www.asha.org/public/speech/disorders/vfparalysis.htm

Information page on spasmodic dysphonia;
http://www.asha.org/public/speech/disorders/SpasmodicDysphonia.htm

A very good web page by Caroline Bowen explaining the general therapeutic approach toward minimizing voice strain (just the beginning--NOT a substitute for professional assessment and treatment of voice disorders). http://www.speech-language-therapy.com/adult-voice-strain.htm

Web site with excellent illustrations and brief, simple descriptions of common disorders and treatment.
http://www.otohns.net/default.asp?id=15102

The "Voice Academy," a virtual-school web site for professional teachers by the Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology if at the University of Iowa:
http://www.uiowa.edu/~shcvoice/

Voice disorder fact sheet from the American Academy of Otolaryngology -- Head and Neck Surgery:
http://www.entnet.org/healthinfo/throat/common-disorders.cfm

Following, is a brief list of K. Bruce Harpster's experience and training regarding Voice Treatment and Instruction:

Roosevelt Hospital--Edison, New Jersey
Cerebral Palsy Association of Middlesex County--Lakeview School
Trained two-year workshop under Robert Neff Williams, New York;
Taught voice, speech and text analysis for ten years at The American Academy of Dramatic Arts;
A.A.S. in acting and theatre studies American Academy of Dramatic Arts, New York;
B.A. with Highest Honors in Linguistics from Rutgers University;
M.A. in Communication Disorders from Kean University;
Member of Special-Interest Division for Voice Disorders, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association;
Experienced in spectrographic speech analysis;
Licensed by the State of New Jersey to practice Speech-Language Pathology;
As grad assistant, oversaw Kean University’s Department of Communication Disorders’ spectrographic analysis lab equipped with computers with biofeedback software for accent modification and spectrographic assessment and treatment of speech and voice disorders.
Uses such equipment in private practice.