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Peer Reviewed Article Gender Voice Issues: Voice and Communication Therapy for Transsexual/Transgender Clients

Richard K. Adler, Ph.D, CCC, SLP. Fellow, ASHA is a speech-language pathologist and professor of Speech Language Hearing Sciences at Minnesota State University Moorhead. Dr. Adler has been a therapist, professor, researcher, supervisor, and administrator in the field of Speech-Language Pathology for over 38 years. He has worked with both MtF and FtM Transsexuals for voice and communication therapy and research for the past 24 years. He, along with two other colleagues published the very first book of its kind entitled Voice and Communication Therapy for the Transgender!Transsexual Client: A Comprehensive Clinical Guide, March, 2006, from Plural Publishing Company, San Diego. Introduction Speech-language pathologists (sLPs) are trained in all aspects of assessment and treatment for a variety of communication disorders including but not limited to the areas of articulation, phonology, language, fluency, and voice. An area of clinical need and interest that has developed in the past 10-15 years, primarily in the United States, is working with Transsexual/Transgender (TS/TG) clients. Many SLPS have been approached by potential transsexual clients who are in search of efficacious and outcome-based voice therapy. While some literature has been published in the past 20 years on this topic (Adler, Hirsch, & Mordaunt 2006; Battin 1983; Challoner 2000; deBruin, Coerts, & Greven 2000; Freidenberg 2002; Gelfer & Schofield 2000; Hooper 1985; Oates and Dacakis 1983, 1986, 1997; Pausewang-Gelfer 1999), this area within the scope of practice for speech-language pathologists remains a mystery to many and a major challenge to some.