Christie Block

Christie Block, MA, MS, CCC-SLP, is a licensed and board-certified speech-language pathologist and owner of New York Speech & Voice Lab in New York City. She has over 25 years as an oral communications specialist across a variety of areas. In her early career, her work was centered in theoretical linguistics, sociolinguistics, and TESOL, including research on Mandarin Chinese anaphora, and teaching language and gender studies, ESL, EFL, and TESOL methods. Since becoming a speech-language pathologist in 2002, she has turned towards clinical work, developing additional expertise in voice disorders, professional voice, stuttering, neurological disorders, upper airway disorders, and swallowing disorders, with a particular focus on vocal rehabilitation. She currently collaborates with laryngologists and head and neck surgeons, including side-by-side clinical visits with patients at ENT and Allergy Associates and Jordan Stern PC. She conducts state-of-the-art instrumental testing, including videostroboscopy, acoustic analysis, and flexible endoscopic evaluation of swallowing. Christie is mostly known for her work as a voice trainer for gender diverse individuals, her most cherished area of interest. As a committed cisgender ally to the transgender community, she is an active invited speaker, contributing writer, direct service provider, and clinician educator. Her work has been featured in academic publications, community conferences, and the press. Some include: Voice and Communication Therapy for the Transgender/Gender Diverse Client, Trans Bodies Trans Selves, Exercises for Voice Therapy, Philadelphia Trans Wellness Conference, The Guardian, and National Public Radio. Christie has been recruited as a trainer of voice and other trans wellness providers by the World Professional Association of Transgender Health (WPATH) as part of their Global Education Initiative for the WPATH Voice and Communication Course in Buenos Aires in November 2018, the WPATH Live Surgery Training Course in NYC in March 2019, and the USPATH Foundations Course in Washington DC in September 2019.