Wendy LeBorgne

Dr. Wendy LeBorgne is an internationally recognized voice pathologist, researcher, and educator whose work has helped define the modern field of vocal athlete care. In 1997, working with forward-thinking administrators at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM), Dr. LeBorgne established the nation's first vocal athlete wellness screening and vocal injury prevention program, a model that has since been replicated at conservatories and performing arts institutions across the country. Nearly three decades later, that founding initiative has grown into a career defining the intersection of voice science, clinical care, and professional performance.

Dr. LeBorgne is co-author of The Vocal Athlete (Plural Publishing), now in its third edition, widely regarded as the seminal text on the evaluation, training, and care of contemporary commercial and musical theatre singers. She has authored more than 20 peer-reviewed publications in journals including the Journal of Voice and The Laryngoscope, contributed over a dozen textbook chapters, and delivered more than 200 invited lectures, masterclasses, and keynote presentations across North America, Europe, and beyond, including recent invited appearances in Poland, Lithuania, Spain, the United Kingdom, and the Netherlands. Her scholarship and clinical frameworks are used to train voice clinicians, singing teachers, and performing artists worldwide.

Her clinical career spans more than 25 years of direct patient care, including two decades as the clinical director of two major voice centers, where she directed a multidisciplinary team of voice pathologists and swallowing specialists working alongside 19 otolaryngologists. Through her now concierge consulting practice, Professional Voice Consultants, LLC dba Dr. Wendy Voice, she now provides specialized vocal habilitation, injury management, and performance coaching to elite vocal athletes, including Broadway and Off-Broadway performers, national touring companies, international opera singers, and Grammy-winning recording artists.

Dr. LeBorgne currently serves as Associate Professor of Speech-Language Pathology at Mount St. Joseph University, where she teaches across the graduate curriculum and mentors the next generation of clinicians entering the field. Since 2007, she has also served as Adjunct Associate Professor at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, where she continues the vocal wellness and injury-prevention work she pioneered as an onsite vocal athlete consultant, alongside teaching in vocal pedagogy for commercial and classical singers. Her academic appointments have also included visiting and adjunct faculty roles at Penn State University, Shenandoah Conservatory, and the Conservatorium van Amsterdam.

A frequent voice for the profession on matters of healthcare advocacy and policy, Dr. LeBorgne serves on ASHA's Health Care Economics Committee and serves as a peer-reviewer for multiple voice journals. She has held national leadership roles with the National Association of Teachers of Singing and the Pan American Vocology Association. Her research and clinical distinction have been recognized with the Mid-Career Research Scientist Award from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music and the Outstanding Alumna in Professional Achievement Award from Shenandoah University.

From backstage workshops for Broadway and national tours, to invited grand rounds at major hospitals to keynote stages (including a viral TEDx talk on Beyond Words: How Your Voice Shapes Your Communication Image), Dr. LeBorgne's work has shaped how the world trains, treats, and protects the professional voice bringing to the university a rare combination of clinical authority, research productivity, and global visibility built over a dedicated career.

BFA: Shenandoah University Wincester, VA, (Musical Theatre)

Master's & Doctorate: University of Cincinnati (Communication Sciences and Disorders (specialty: voice disorders))

Peer Reviewed Publications

Walstrom, Audrey; Brehm, Susan B; LeBorgne, Wendy D; Acord, Alison; Gottliebson, Renee O  (2024). Use of Terminology and the Effect of Training on Auditory-Perceptual Ratings of Speaking Voice by Singing Teachers. Journal of voice : official journal of the Voice Foundation, 38 (2) , 543.e1-543.e11More Information

Helding, Lynn; Carroll, Thomas L; Nix, John; Johns, Michael M; LeBorgne, Wendy D; Meyer, David  (2022). COVID-19 After Effects: Concerns for Singers. Journal of voice : official journal of the Voice Foundation, 36 (4) , 586.e7-586.e14More Information

Weinrich, Barbara; Brehm, Susan Baker; LeBorgne, Wendy; Eanes, Christopher; Zacharias, Stephanie; Beckmeyer, Janet; Hughes, Michael; de Alarcon, Alessandro  (2022). Perceptual Measures of Boychoir Voices During the Phases of Pubertal Voice Mutation. Journal of voice : official journal of the Voice Foundation, 36 (1) , 142.e1-142.e8More Information

Reckers, Holly; Donahue, Erin; LeBorgne, Wendy  (2021). Comparison of Reported Vocal Habits of First-Year Undergraduate and Graduate Vocal Performance Majors. Journal of voice : official journal of the Voice Foundation, 35 (6) , 852-858More Information

Lee, David R; Weinrich, Barbara; Zacharias, Stephanie; LeBorgne, Wendy; Beckmeyer, Janet; Eanes, Christopher; Tabangin, Meredith E; de Alarcon, Alessandro  (2021). Endoscopic Findings in Male Prepubertal Choir Singers. The Laryngoscope, 131 (3) , 592-597More Information

LeBorgne, Wendy DeLeo; Donahue, Erin Nicole  (2019). Voice Therapy as Primary Treatment of Vocal Fold Pathology. Otolaryngologic clinics of North America, 52 (4) , 649-656More Information

Donahue, Erin N; Leborgne, Wendy D; Brehm, Susan Baker; Weinrich, Barbara D  (2014). Reported vocal habits of first-year undergraduate musical theater majors in a preprofessional training program: a 10-year retrospective study. Journal of voice : official journal of the Voice Foundation, 28 (3) , 316-23More Information

LeBorgne, Wendy DeLeo; Weinrich, Barbara D  (2002). Phonetogram changes for trained singers over a nine-month period of vocal training. Journal of voice : official journal of the Voice Foundation, 16 (1) , 37-43More Information