Voice And Communication Solutions LLC

Christina Laur is a speech-language pathologist and voice specialist who earned her Master of Science degree in Speech-Language Pathology from Northwestern University (Evanston, IL), and she holds her Certificate of Clinical Competence conferred by the American Speech-Language Hearing Association. She completed undergraduate training in classical and contemporary music, earning her Bachelor's degree in Music at Carthage College.

In addition to her clinical and performance training, Christina is a Certified Master Teacher of voice through Estill Voice International. She works with patients clinically in private practice where she specializes in the treatment of voice and resonance disorders, paradoxical vocal fold movement, cleft palate/craniofacial anomalies, and provides vocal health education. Christina trains singers, actors, young artists, teachers, business professionals, and other public speakers through Voice and Communication Solutions LLC (online sessions) in voice, accent modification, and business communication.

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Christina works with singers, actors, young artists in training, teachers, business professionals, and public speakers to provide voice lessons (speaking and singing), communication training, and accent modification.

Understand Your Voice:

Pairing her clinical Master's degree in Speech-Language Pathology and her training as a Certified Master Teacher in Estill Voice Training, Christina skillfully guides clients through understanding the structural components of voice production while supporting clients to make healthy and creative vocal choices.

Gain New Tools:

The ultimate goal of voice consulting is to educate, train, and cultivate client ownership and independence. Clients will gain the tools to fully understand and utilize the voice in a healthy, efficient way. Client independence allows for confident performance and mastery, whether speaking or singing, and in any performance or professional situation.

Business Communication Services:

-Public Speaking & Presentation Skills

-Team Building

-Social Interaction and Communication

-Voice for Telephone and Videoconferencing

-Interview Skills

-Vocal Health for Business Professionals

Accent Modification:

Specific areas which can be addressed in accent modification include: pronunciation of specific speech sounds (consonants and vowels), intonation, sentence rhythm, sentence stress, grammar, professional vocabulary, voice, social communication cues, and rate of speech.

I enjoy helping singers and speakers maximize vocal health, artistic development and creativity while supporting their mastery of the vocal mechanism.