The National Center for Voice and Speech (NCVS) conceived as a "center without walls," was formally organized in 1990 with the assistance of a grant from the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders.
Four organizations composed the original NCVS consortium: The University of Iowa, Denver Center for the Performing Arts, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and University of Utah.
The NCVS was organized on the premise that a consortium of institutions is better able to acquire and maintain resources to fulfill the global mission of the sponsors than a single organization. NCVS members, although geographically separate, were linked by a common desire to fully understand the characteristics, limitations and enhancement of human voice and speech.
The lead offices are located at the University of Utah.
Specialties
Research on tissue engineering, occupational voice, neurologic voice, voice and speech simulation, vocal health, voice production tutorials
