Download or read book Stop Committing Voice Suicide: America's Well-Known Voice Doctor Speaks Out on the Widespread Mistreatment of Our Voices Led by the Presidents - Cele written by Morton Cooper and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 1996-04 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Stop Committing Voice Suicide, Dr. Cooper describes widespread mistreatment of our voices while spotlighting symptoms of troubled voices and providing a natural simple direction to help the speaking and singing voices. A nationally acclaimed voice and speech clinician, Dr. Cooper is regarded as a pioneer in voice improvement and voice rehabilitation.For his work with celebrities, he has been referred to as "Voice Coach to the Stars." Some who have benefited from Dr. Cooper's expertise include Anne Bancroft, Lucille Ball, Diahann Carroll, Richard Crenna, Kirk Douglas, Keith Erickson, Henry Fonda, Rosey Grier, Jim Darrick, Jerome Hines, Jackie Joyner Kersee, Cheryl Ladd, Rob Lowe, Stevie Nicks, Carlos Palomino, Joan Rivers, Harold Robbins, Oral Roberts, John Saxon, Dr. Laura Schlessinger, Phil Silvers, Norton Simon, O. J. Simpson, Shadoe Stevens, Sela Ward, and Dennis Weaver. Dr. Cooper has worked with doctors, lawyers, executives, secretaries, teachers, students, actors, actresses, sales people, TV/radio announcers, athletes, writers, homemakers, ministers, people from all walks of life.In this book, Dr. Cooper surveys presidential voices from Roosevelt through Clinton, underscoring the importance of voice in presidential campaigns. Other chapters cover the voices of adults and children, pet talk, stuttering and successes with strangled voices.