New Jersey Stage 2017: Issue 9 | Page 132

actors, vocal coaches, speech/ language pathologist patients and new-language learners to build new, or to modify existing muscle-memory patterns. This device is also effective in help- ing modify breathing when sing- ing. (In my teaching practice, breathing is the biggest prob- lem of most singers.) HearFones quickly helps a student to “hear” the problem. HearFones has also been used to teach children with learning disabilities and auditory pro- cessing issues how to blend in with their school singing group. Large youth and adult choruses have found HearFones valuable for creating a unified sound, as the users learn to automatically adjust their technique for a bet- ter sound. Normally, we hear our voices through our esophagus. We don’t know how our voices sound to others. HearFones is a tool that allows us to hear clearly the real and total sound of our own voice instead of hearing Get The Arts News That You Want! Start your day with a customized look at arts & entertainment news from around the state. Click here to sign up. brought to you by New Jersey Stage