Erin Donahue

Erin N. Donahue, MA, CCC-SLP, is a voice pathologist and singing voice specialist at the Blaine Block Institute for Voice Analysis and Rehabilitation (BBIVAR) and the Professional Voice Center of Greater Cincinnati (ProVoice Center). As an undergraduate, Erin attended the University of Florida and earned degrees in Vocal Performance and Communication Sciences and Disorders. She received her Master of Arts degree in Speech-Language Pathology from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. Erin’s specialized practice includes rehabilitation of the singing voice, gender-affirmative voice training, and the evaluation and treatment of professional voice users and elite vocal performers. She is passionate about preventative voice care and voice optimization, and she has lectured and taught workshops to groups including singers, educators, and vocal athletes on best practices for maintaining optimal vocal health, vocal anatomy and physiology, and vocal pathology. Erin has also been an invited speaker at conferences focused on the transgender singing voice. More recently, she completed a residency at her alma mater, where she lectured and spoke with future music educators and vocal pedagogues about topics related to vocal health. Erin has authored multiple articles related to voice for publications including Journal of Voice, ASHA SIG-3 Perspectives, Chorus America, Otolaryngologic Clinics of North America, and Voice and Speech Review. She developed a training module for graduate student clinicians on the evaluation and treatment of voice feminization patients. Erin has co-authored the second edition of Rating Laryngeal Videostroboscopy and Acoustic Recordings: Normal and Pathologic Samples, as well as an exercise in The Vocal Athlete: Application and Techniques for the Hybrid Singer, with her mentor Dr. Wendy LeBorgne. Most recently, Erin authored two chapters for Dr. Brenda Smith’s Class Voice: Fundamentals for Lifelong Singing. She also continues to perform at a professional level.