Adrienne B. Hancock, PhD
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Transforming Voice and Communication with Transgender and Gender-Diverse People: An Evidence-Based Process

By Adrienne B. Hancock and Linda L. Siegfriedt

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Gender diversity in voice and communication: Applications for transgender and gender non-conforming people

  • Stempien, J., Levin, A., Ballard, M., Hancock, A. (2026). Expanding the “voice and communication situation” model to include gender-diverse people presumed male at birth. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology. https://doi.org/10.1080/17549507.2026.2691445
  • Nygren, U., Azul, D., Sand, A. & Hancock, A. (2025). Evaluation of the Voice and Communication Situation Questionnaire developed with and for Transgender and Gender-Diverse People Presumed Female at Birth (VCSQ-PFAB). Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 68(12), 5727–5725. https://doi.org/10.1044/2025_JSLHR-25-00285
  • Hancock, A.B., Azul, D., Chennupati, S., Sediqi, N., Nyberg, J. & Nygren, U. (2026). Conceptual model and content validity of the Voice and Communication Situation Questionnaire developed with and for Transgender and Gender-Diverse People Presumed Female at Birth (VCSQ-PFAB). Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research. https://doi.org/10.1044/2024_JSLHR-24-00203
  • Hancock, A.B., Hao, G., Ni, A., Liu, H., & Johnson, L. (2023). Gender attributions by cisgender and gender diverse listeners rating vowels, reading, and monologues. Journal of Voice. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvoice.2023.09.011
  • Quinn, S. & Hancock, A.B. (2023). Guidance for research with Trans and Gender-Diverse people. Seminars in Speech and Language, 44, 119–136. https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0043-1762568
  • Hancock, A.B. (2023). Progressing toward high-quality voice care for people of all genders. Seminars in Speech and Language, 44, 57–60. https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0043-1763297
  • Coleman, E. et al. (2022, Sept 15). Standards of care for the health of transgender and gender diverse people. International Journal of Transgender Health, 23(sup1), S1–S259. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/26895269.2022.2100644
  • Azul, D.A., Hancock, A.B., Lundberg, T., Nygren, U., & Dhejne, C. (2022). Supporting well-being in gender diverse people: A tutorial for implementing conceptual and practical shifts towards culturally-responsive, person-centered care in speech-language pathology. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology. https://doi.org/10.1044/2022_AJSLP-21-00322
  • Hawley, J.L. & Hancock, A.B. (2021). Incorporating mobile app technology in voice modification protocol for transgender women. Journal of Voice. In press. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvoice.2021.09.001
  • Hancock, A.B. & Downs, S. (2021). Listening to gender-diverse people of color: Barriers to accessing voice and communication care. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 30 (5), 2251–2262.
  • David, A., Hancock, A.B., & Nygren, U. (2020). Forces affecting voice function in gender-diverse people assigned female at birth. Journal of Voice, 35 (4), 662.e15–34.
  • David, A. & Hancock, A.B. (2020). Development of a transdisciplinary theoretical approach to clinical practice addressing voice and the communication of speaker socio-cultural belonging. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 22, 559–570.
  • Hancock, A.B., Childs, K., & Irwig, M. (2017). Trans male voice in the first year of testosterone: Make no assumptions. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 60 (9), 2472–2482.
  • Hancock, A.B. & Pool, S.F. (2017). It takes two: Influence of listener characteristics on perception of transgender speakers. Journal of Language and Social Psychology, 36 (5), 599–610.
  • Hancock, A.B. (2017). An ICF perspective on voice-related quality of life of American transgender women. Journal of Voice, 31 (1), 115.e1–115.e8.
  • Irwig, M., Childs, K., & Hancock, A. (2016). Effects of testosterone on the transgender male voice. Andrology, 5 (1), 107–112.
  • Brundage, S. & Hancock, A.B. (2016). Utility of virtual reality environments to examine physiological reactivity and subjective anxiety in adults who stutter. Journal of Fluency Disorders, 50, 85–95.
  • Hancock, A.B. & Haskin, G. (2015). Speech-language pathologists’ knowledge and attitudes regarding lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender & queer (LGBTQ) populations. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 24, 206–221.
  • Hancock, A.B. (2015). The role of cultural competence in serving transgender populations. Perspectives on Voice and Voice Disorders, 25, 37–42.
  • Brundage, S.B. & Hancock, A.B. (2015). Real enough: Using virtual public speaking environments to evoke feelings and behaviors targeted in stuttering assessment and treatment. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 24 (2), 139–149.
  • Hancock, A.B. & Rubin, B.A. (2015). Influence of communication partner’s gender on language. Journal of Language and Social Psychology, 34 (1), 46–64.
  • Hancock, A.B. & Gross, H.E. (2015). Acoustic and aerodynamic measures of the voice in pregnancy. Journal of Voice, 29 (1), 53–58.
  • Hancock, A.B., Stutts, H.W. & Bass, A. (2014). Perceptions of gender and femininity based on language: Implications for transgender communication therapy. Language and Speech, 17, 1–19.
  • Hancock, A.B., Colton, L. & Douglas, F. (2014). Intonation and gender perception: Applications for transgender speakers. Journal of Voice, 28 (2), 203–209.
  • Hancock, A.B. & Garabedian, L. (2013). Transgender voice and communication treatment: A retrospective chart review of 25 cases. International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 48 (1), 54–65.
  • Hancock, A.B. & Helenius, L. (2012). Adolescent male-to-female transgender voice and communication therapy. Journal of Communication Disorders, 45, 313–324.
  • Hancock, A.B., Krissinger, J. & Owen, K. (2011). Voice perceptions and quality of life of transgender individuals. Journal of Voice, 25 (5), 553–558.
  • Owen, K. & Hancock, A.B. (2010). The role of self-and-listener perceptions of femininity in voice therapy. International Journal of Transgenderism, 12 (4), 272–284.

Motor Speech

  • Youmans, S., Youmans, G., & Hancock, A.B. (2011). The social validity of script training related to the treatment of apraxia of speech. Aphasiology, 25 (9), 1078–1089.
  • Youmans, G., Youmans, S., & Hancock, A.B. (2011). Script training treatment for adults with apraxia of speech. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 20 (1), 23–27.
  • Friedman, I., Hancock, A., Bamdad, M., & Schulz, G. (2010). Using principles of motor learning to treat apraxia of speech after traumatic brain injury. Journal of Medical Speech-Language Pathology, 18 (1), 1–12.

Cognitive-Linguistic

  • Hancock, A.B., Schulz, G., & Whelan, B. (2011). Language production by patients with Parkinson disease before and after posteroventral pallidotomy. Journal of Medical Speech-Language Pathology, 19 (4), 59–72.
  • Hancock, A.B., LaPointe, L.L., Stierwalt, J.A.G., Bourgeois, M.S., & Zwaan, R.A. (2007). Stimulus modality and interstimulus intervals as variables in computerized assessment. Contemporary Issues in Communication Sciences and Disorders. Editor’s Award in Contemporary Issues in Communication Sciences and Disorders.