Our voices are our identity. They can help us communicate through speech or song. Voice can display mood without words, as well as create works
If you have ever watched an exam for voice or swallowing, you’ve possibly seen 2 different scopes being used. The rigid scope is placed on
Resonant voice therapy uses messa di voce (volume glides) to help establish vocal economy during speech and singing. Vocal function exercises, a series of vocally
When you have a fully functioning voice that communicates your wants and needs, expresses you fully without failure, you don’t realize that all that could
Sin City doesn’t have to mean that all is bad…and what happens in Vegas certainly shouldn’t stay in Vegas (when it comes to laryngeal knowledge,
3 Tips To Not Panic with Adult Voice Clients When I attended voice therapy as a patient, I had worries that a “Speech Therapist” would
Why the weird mouth postures? Well, semi occluded vocal tract modifications actually occlude the vocal tract partially and keep the cords slightly separated due to the build up of positive intraoral pressure. Parallel vocal cords lessen the physical effort and improve vocal economy.
Four different types of masks were tested: 1) no mask 2) disposable surgical mask (with the 3 layers) 3) a FFP2 respirator and 4) a clear plastic mask with a cloth frame. Each was tested to see how they compared to the other to see how they impair (or if they impair) sounds of spoken speech. They looked at multiple different output measures, including the AVQI.
Any voice user knows that when there’s vocal trouble from crazy schedules, different venues, demanding vocal tasks and even airplane travel, we will try anything to get things better. We’ve tried special tea, lozenges, and even gargling with salt water or ginger. Are any of these treatments actually beneficial?
It’s not often enough that those of us who are voice users or those of us who rehabilitate voice, get to see what our mechanism looks like. Rarer still, is the chance for an SLP to observe in the operating room for a procedure that many clients undergo.
