Dr Ingo Titze, educated as a physicist (Ph.D.) and engineer (M.S.E.E.), has applied his scientific knowledge to a lifelong love of clinical voice and vocal music.
His research interests include biomechanics of human tissues, acoustic phonetics, speech science, voice disorders, professional voice, music acoustics, and the computer simulation of voice.
Ingo R. Titze is often called the father of vocology because he coined the word with George Gates in 1989 and established the original curricula in vocology in 1990. He has held appointments at BYU, California Polytechnic University, University of Petroleum and Minerals in Saudi Arabia, Gallaudet University in Washington DC, Bell Telephone Laboratories, the University of Iowa, the Denver Center for the Performing Arts, and the University of Utah. He has written over 500 publications and six books in voice production. He is currently Senior Scientist at the University of Utah Center for Vocology and Chairman of the Board of the National Center for Voice and Speech.
He defined the word as “the science and practice of voice habilitation.”
Upcoming Short Courses
Tuesday 16th September 2025
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
(London Time)
The Science Underlying Semi-Occluded Vocal Tract Exercises (SOVT)
Dr Ingo Titze
Karin Titze Cox
Semi-occluded vocal tract exercises have a long history. Humans and animals have discovered that aerodynamic and acoustic pressures above the larynx can position the vocal folds for better self-sustained oscillation. Join Dr Ingo Titze and Karin Titze Cox as they unpick this fascinating topic!
Past Short Courses
Friday 26th May 2023
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
(London Time)
Linear and Non-linear Mechanisms of Human Sound Production
Dr Brad Story
Dr Ingo Titze
This course will review the basics of self-sustained vocal fold vibration, excitation of the vocal tract, wave propagation and resonance.