Chat with PROF. EVELIEN D’HAESELEER
What is different about voice therapy when the vocal mechanism itself has been surgically changed?
VMA Connect Webinar – PROF. EVELIEN D’HAESELEER (Ghent, Belgium)
Peri-operative Voice Care in Gender-Affirming Voice Surgery: From Preparation to Recovery
Tuesday 27th October, 7:30pm AEST
Free to VMA+ and VMA Connect Members – $25 for non-members
RSVP: connect@voicemedicine.au
Join Evelien and the VMA team for an interactive discussion exploring peri-operative voice care in gender-affirming voice surgery, with a particular focus on pitch raising glottoplasty and consideration of LAVA. Drawing on Evelien’s extensive clinical and research expertise, together with VMA’s clinical experience and recently published Australian outcomes, we’ll compare approaches, share challenges and explore practical insights across the surgical journey.
Prof. Evelien D’Haeseleer is a highly respected voice clinician, researcher and educator from Ghent University, and well known to many in the international voice community. She combines her academic work with clinical practice in both the Voice Clinic and multidisciplinary Gender Team at Ghent University Hospital and also teaches at the Royal Conservatoire Brussels.
Evelien has developed particular expertise in gender-affirming voice care, spanning voice training, peri-operative management and surgical outcomes. Her research includes prospective investigation of voice outcomes following Wendler glottoplasty, tracking changes from the early post-operative period through longer-term recovery. She is also actively involved internationally through EPATH and IALP.
With that rare combination of hands-on experience, research and a genuinely practical clinical perspective, we’re delighted to have Evelien join us for what should be a fascinating and very interactive conversation.
WHAT SPEECHIES WILL TAKE AWAY
– Preparing clients for surgery and establishing realistic expectations
– Voice rest, recovery and reintroduction of voicing
– Adapting therapy to changed vocal biomechanics
– Differences in management following glottoplasty, LAVA and other surgical approaches
– Integrating voice therapy to optimise surgical outcomes, vocal function and gender congruence
An interactive opportunity to share experiences, ask questions and explore the evolving evidence in this specialised area of voice care.