Voice Production and Voice Feminization View at publisher

Abstract

Voice and speech are an individual characteristics. They have specific presentation to identify each of person. Nowaday, we have much more transgender in our society. They require assistance to feminize their speech, voice and non-verbal communication. This article will focus on male to female transgender. It composes the basic of voice and speech mechanism, physiology of voice and voice feminization. It concludes the difference between male and female voice. And also, the surgical technique which perform to raise up the fundamental frequency. It summarized the advantage and disadvantage of each technique.