The Gender Voice Index (GVI)

Eli Van Hook (they/them) is a gender affirming voice provider and medical SLP practicing in the Blue Ridge Mountains of NC. Eli received their M.A. in speech-language pathology at Kean University in NJ. In graduate school, they co-created the Gender Spectrum Voice Inventory, the first gender affirming voice assessment to be made for all gender expansive folks, created by the trans community. Eli’s pilot research published in 2021 on the assessment can be found in the ASHA Perspectives publication. This year, the assessment was renamed the Gender Voice Index (GVI), and is now undergoing initial validation research. They have experience with the Brigham and Women’s Hospital Voice Program through graduate practicum. They now work at Prismatic Speech Services providing gender affirming voice care, in addition to an inpatient medical facility serving those with swallowing, voice, and language disorders. On the weekends they can be found drawing architecture, on a hike, or snuggling their black cats Lior and Ezra.