Psychogenic voice disorders are not infrequently noted in a busy voice clinic and most certainly can occur in singers. In the literature the term psychogenic appears to be interchangeably used with functional or non-organic. The authors prefer the phrase psychogenic voice disorder (PVD) and shall use it herein. We feel that the phrase functional voice disorders, is both ambiguous in meaning and subject to diverse interpretations.
Cite as: Rubin, J.S., Greenberg, M. (2004) Psychogenic voice disorders in performers: a psychodynamic model. Proc. 9th Conference on Speech and Computer (SPECOM 2004), 8-10
@inproceedings{rubin04_specom,
author={J. S. Rubin and M. Greenberg},
title={{Psychogenic voice disorders in performers: a psychodynamic model}},
year=2004,
booktitle={Proc. 9th Conference on Speech and Computer (SPECOM 2004)},
pages={8--10}
}