Christie Block • New York Speech & Voice Lab

07/03/2026

Congrats to Bernie Wagenblast (the voice of the NYC subway) for being named one of the Grand Marshals for NYC Pride 2026! It was an honor to be featured alongside my client, Jade Stephan, and Bernie in Rouven Gueissaz's short film "Finding My Voice" that premiered last year. Congrats to Jade and Rouven too!

Watch the full 10-min film here: www.speechvoicelab.com/gender-affirming-voice-blog/finding-my-voice-film 👉

07/23/2023

www.speechvoicelab.com/blog/start-and-end-well/7/23/2023

Christie Block: Learn this useful technique to help you maintain your modified voice in everyday conversation.

12/15/2021

https://christie-block-lzjg.squarespace.com/blog/tracking-your-voice-in-real-life/10/27/2021?p

Have you noticed how your voice and communication can change depending on the situation? How do you talk to a coworker, boss, classmate, friend, family member, coffee shop barista, or pet? What words do you use? How does your voice sound? How is your pitch and how do you move it around? How loud or

01/03/2021

www.speechvoicelab.com/blog/strained-or-tired-voice-sing-through-a-straw/1/2/2021

Straw phonation, or making sound through a straw, is a common therapeutic exercise for vocal health problems such as vocal strain or tired voice. These symptoms can occur for a number of reasons, including strenuously modifying the voice for gender presentation, starting testosterone, speaking too m

04/14/2020

https://www.speechvoicelab.com/blog/voice-tips-when-stuck-at-home/4/14/2020

In this unsettling time of the Coronavirus pandemic, many of us are homebound and managing very difficult circumstances in varying degrees related to health, finances, isolation or lack of privacy, and/or family or work obligations. Whatever our particular stressors are, they can, at the very least,

07/25/2019

https://www.speechvoicelab.com/blog/free-workshops-in-july/7/3/2019

For anyone who is going to the Philadelphia Trans Wellness Conference this year (July 25 - 27, 2019 - https://www.mazzonicenter.org/trans-wellness ), come on by to work on your voice and share voice ideas at one of my voice workshops! It can be a very empowering experience to discuss and practice y

05/22/2019

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/may/20/what-does-a-woman-sound-like-vocal-training-helps-trans-women-find-their-voices

Achieving a higher voice can be essential to embracing a female identity, and it can serve as a cloak of protection from bias and bigotry

08/29/2018

https://www.speechvoicelab.com/blog/getting-feedback-on-your-voice/8/29/2018

Christie Block: Feedback is a critical part of training. I share practical pointers on how to get reliable feedback when modifying your voice.