A Voice Apart

Vocal Science Methodology /  Innovative Voice Solutions!

Revolutionary Approach to Voice/Vocal Coaching and Non-Surgical Voice Repair Using Forensic Science -- Powered by Vocal Science™ Method Forensic Teaching, Voice Coaching, and Natural Treatments for Various Voice Disorders My name is Diana Yampolsky, and my title is Forensic Vocal Science Educator. The Royans Professional Vocal School, since 1984 for the last (at least) over 30 years had turned to the Royans Institute for Non-Surgical Voice Repair, advocating forensic voice/vocal science. And since then, myself and my team, had been advocating not just Vocal Science™ Method, but what I call now forensic vocal science/voice vocal technique. The fact is, that, nonetheless, we are paying a very close attention to the minutest details of anatomy of voice and psychology of voice performance.  That is why, I consider myself a Forensic Science educator. My team and I are advocating natural non-surgical treatments, while using the holistic approach to voice mechanics and to the person as a ...

Vocal Chiropractics...?  Vocal Science™ Method Optimize your Mind, Body and Voice to the MAX!! Align the above 3 components between each other, and you feel not only tremendous improvement in your voice, but also experience clarity in your mind along with your body which will become more vibrant light and healthy.  For example, when you go to a doctor of chiropractics, you're going there for better and improved posture which also will help you with the full alignment of your body and thus you will get rid of all the aches and pains of your joints and your body in general.  Believe it, or not, if you want to fix your voice or become a better speaker or singer your posture will be the most important component for the latter.  Let's imagine that you're a violin player and keep your violin upside down and simply, in a manner of speaking, crooked which in this case, naturally, it would not align with your physical body, then in this instance what kind of sound are you hop...

 The term Muscle Tension Dysphonia is a general term that could be associated with an imbalance in the vocal anatomy's muscles coordination as well as breathing patterns required to create the sound of the human voice. Muscle Tension Dysphonia (MTD) may occur suddenly, or, most likely, as a result of a strained voice being pulled into the neck muscles. The reason behind this disorder is not always known. It may be triggered by allergies, illness, acid reflux or, by whichever other means... Symptoms - The most common symptom of this disorder is a change in voice quality, often associated with discomfort of the throat and/or vocal box in general while speaking or singing. Also, almost always, symptoms like hoarseness and raspiness will be associated with an increased effort to talk or sing, coupled with subsequent fatigue during continuous voice overuse and/or (outright) misuse. Treatment - There is an alternative form of voice therapy which is the gold standard for the treatmen...

In the previous years, I had worked a lot not only with professional singers but, also, with some amateur singers who, at the time, were labelled as wannabe singers. In fact, a lot of them were recognized by various talent scouts and agents, especially when they were appearing in karaoke nights or open mic events in a variety of bars and clubs. Once upon a time, one of my beginner students was brought up by her husband to a big karaoke club to show him what she had achieved with only 5 hours of instruction (by that time) with me. She told me that she was very nervous and, understandably, felt very insecure… However, she also told me that she remembered (what we still call to this day) to “smile and bite”, and, nevertheless, she also remembered enunciate and to pronounce her words with absolute clarity. Before she finished her song (to my memory, it was a song called “Time After Time” – by Cindy Lauper), she was helped down from the stage by a person who came up to her and praised h...

Who We Are...? We are Natural, Alternative and Holistic Practitioners, Specializing in Non-Surgical Voice Repair and Other Health-Related Problems. Dear reader of mine, please note that we are exactly who we are. Please read the title carefully! We are not doctors and we are certainly not magicians… However, if we could say so ourselves (not to mention the, at least, 30,000 people who have passed through our doors for over 41 years now), the results that we produce (whereas nobody else, to our knowledge, had possessed experience and expertise comparable to ours) are, indeed, can be called miraculous, and they are, nevertheless, happening on a regular basis while our clients have been under our care. In spite of my best efforts and extensive experience and expertise, I can only provide a person with, so to speak, a “Vocal Prosthesis”. It can be compared with the person’s lost limb(s). There is no way those limbs, or even the new limbs, can be sewn back on. But what I can do is to crea...