This VMA Connect webinar features Brazilian speech-language pathologist Deborah Feijó, a specialist in professional voice and communication for journalists, broadcasters and television presenters. Drawing on her experience supporting vocal health at TV Globo, Deborah will discuss how broadcast professionals can prevent vocal strain, maintain vocal health in high-pressure newsroom environments, and recover when vocal difficulties occur. The session is aimed at speech pathologists and others working with professional voice users, offering practical, evidence-informed strategies for assessment, prevention, sustainable voice use and rehabilitation.
Event: VMA Connect Webinar
Presenter: Deborah Feijó
Location: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Topic: Voice in the Newsroom: Prevention, Vocal Health and Recovery
Date/time: Saturday, September 5th, 9.30am AEST
Cost:
- Free to VMA+ and VMA Connect members
- $25 for non-members
About Deborah Feijó:
Deborah Feijó is a Brazilian speech-language pathologist specialising in voice and professional communication. She has extensive experience working with journalists, broadcasters and television presenters. She has worked closely with TV Globo, Brazil’s largest broadcaster and one of the world’s largest media networks, supporting the vocal health, communication and performance of journalism professionals under the intense demands of live daily broadcast.
Her work focuses on prevention and management of vocal difficulties, particularly developing an efficient, natural and sustainable professional voice that can withstand the demands of working in front of the camera. She is also co-author of Voz e Corpo na TV: a fonoaudiologia a serviço da comunicação.
Professional and association roles:
- President of the Brazilian Chapter of The Voice Foundation (USA)
- Member of The Voice Foundation and reviewer for the Journal of Voice
- Fellow of the American Institute for Voice and Ear Research, Philadelphia, under Dr Robert Sataloff — the only Brazilian to complete an extended fellowship at the institute
- Professor in the Professional Voice specialisation course at the Centro de Estudos da Voz, São Paulo
- Holder of a Certificate of Recognition from the Voice Department of the Brazilian Society of Speech-Language Pathology
Opportunity statement:
This webinar is presented as a rare opportunity to learn from a specialist trusted by one of the most prestigious newsrooms in the world.
Deborah will share strategies used with elite broadcast professionals to prevent vocal strain, protect vocal health under pressure from deadlines and live reporting, and recover effectively when vocal issues arise.
What attendees will take away:
- Practical strategies for assessing and managing the vocal demands of professional broadcast voice users
- Evidence-informed techniques for preventing vocal strain and fatigue in high-frequency, high-pressure speaking environments
- Approaches to building an efficient, natural and sustainable voice for clients with sustained professional voice use
- Insight into rehabilitation and recovery pathways for occupational voice-related vocal difficulties
- A behind-the-scenes look at applying voice science in a major broadcast newsroom and how these principles translate to other professional voice populations
Registration:
Email: connect@voicemedicine.au
Date/time: Saturday, September 5th, 9.30am AEST
Cost:
- Free to VMA+ and VMA Connect members
- $25 for non-members
About Deborah Feijó:
Deborah Feijó is a Brazilian speech-language pathologist specialising in voice and professional communication. She has extensive experience working with journalists, broadcasters and television presenters. She has worked closely with TV Globo, Brazil’s largest broadcaster and one of the world’s largest media networks, supporting the vocal health, communication and performance of journalism professionals under the intense demands of live daily broadcast.
Her work focuses on prevention and management of vocal difficulties, particularly developing an efficient, natural and sustainable professional voice that can withstand the demands of working in front of the camera. She is also co-author of Voz e Corpo na TV: a fonoaudiologia a serviço da comunicação.
Professional and association roles:
- President of the Brazilian Chapter of The Voice Foundation (USA)
- Member of The Voice Foundation and reviewer for the Journal of Voice
- Fellow of the American Institute for Voice and Ear Research, Philadelphia, under Dr Robert Sataloff — the only Brazilian to complete an extended fellowship at the institute
- Professor in the Professional Voice specialisation course at the Centro de Estudos da Voz, São Paulo
- Holder of a Certificate of Recognition from the Voice Department of the Brazilian Society of Speech-Language Pathology
Opportunity statement:
This webinar is presented as a rare opportunity to learn from a specialist trusted by one of the most prestigious newsrooms in the world.
Deborah will share strategies used with elite broadcast professionals to prevent vocal strain, protect vocal health under pressure from deadlines and live reporting, and recover effectively when vocal issues arise.
What attendees will take away:
- Practical strategies for assessing and managing the vocal demands of professional broadcast voice users
- Evidence-informed techniques for preventing vocal strain and fatigue in high-frequency, high-pressure speaking environments
- Approaches to building an efficient, natural and sustainable voice for clients with sustained professional voice use
- Insight into rehabilitation and recovery pathways for occupational voice-related vocal difficulties
- A behind-the-scenes look at applying voice science in a major broadcast newsroom and how these principles translate to other professional voice populations
Registration:
Email: connect@voicemedicine.au