Where to go if your voice is a problem?

Individual voice consultations for employees of the University of Erfurt were offered during the summer semester 2024 by the subject area of speech training and in cooperation with university health management. This is a 30-minute individual consultation (face-to-face or online) in which your own voice and speech are analysed and exercises are derived to strengthen your voice and speech in the future. Sophie Laufer carried out a total of 25 consultations, which were received and reflected on positively throughout: "Thank you very much for the really informative meeting, your expertise and the materials. I will integrate your exercises into my everyday life and have already realised after our short time what a positive effect it had. Thank you very much once again."

In the summer semester 2024, the podcast "Uni & Erfurt" - the campus compass - was created within the StuFus "Stimme und Sprechen im Podcast" and in cooperation with Media Communication under Ms Voigt.

The podcast is generally about studying at UE, life in Erfurt and tips and tricks that make studying unforgettable and uncomplicated at the same time. In the summer semester, 6 entertaining and interesting episodes have already been produced, which have been published weekly on the university website, Spotify and Apple Podcasts since 01.07.2024. Dr Hoppe and her course "English in International Contexts" have produced two further English-language episodes in order to address foreign students and provide them with information about their studies.

Due to the overall positive feedback, the podcast will be continued by Ms Laufer as part of two speech training courses. You can look forward to new and interesting episodes.

We are often asked by students and colleagues: What can I do for my voice? When should I go to the doctor? Which exercises are good for my voice?
The online course "Body - Voice - Posture" from Martin Luther University Halle covers many of these questions. The linked material is suitable for self-study for anyone who wants to professionalise their voice, even if it is specifically tailored to prospective teachers.

The German Pronunciation Database is the first freely accessible pronunciation database that contains over 130000 lemmas for almost every German word. It is based on years of pronunciation research by colleagues at the Department of Speech Science and Phonetics in Halle. The accompanying German Pronunciation Dictionary (KRECH/STOCK/HIRSCHFELD/ANDERS 2009) is the most up-to-date and scientifically sound pronunciation dictionary of German. It answers the question of which pronunciation variants of the words "China", "Balkon" or "Salat" are correct and close to the standard or which are more likely to be categorised as colloquial.