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Can it be...MTD? Muscle Tension Dysphonia Defined.
Completely over diagnosed. Wrongly diagnosed. Underdiagnosed. What the heck is MTD?Muscle Tension Dysphonia is a term that describes a certain type of voice problem or voice disruption with massive...
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Shine Bright Like a Voice Analysis
Why does a voice sound disordered? Does it sound harsh? Does it sound breathy? Does it sound too high pitched? We can hear a voice and perceptually tell that it sounds unnatural. How do we prove this?...
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Yodel-ay-i-ay-i-OMG!
Have you ever had a singer on your caseload? Ever had a yodeler? Vocal Hyperfunction can occur in regular singing as well as in yodeling. Classically trained singers and musical theatre style singers...
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Diagnoses Are Changed...There Must Be Something in the Water
It's Research Tuesday again! There may be "Something in the Water" for Carrie Underwood for her to be changed, and the same is true for the diagnosis of many voice disorders following...
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Beware...Don't Get Scammed by "Patients"
I received an email about a week ago requesting my services. Here is the email: Hello, My name is Rebecca Horton; I will be going on my annual leave on the 27th of March and my daughter & I will...
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A Voice That Makes Others Feel Vulnerable?
Diane Rehm has been a radio figure since 1973, and in 1998 she was diagnosed with Spasmodic Dysphonia (SD). If you have ever wondered why she sounds the way she does, it is because of this rare...
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Singing in Chest Have You Stressed? Compared With Falsetto, What's Best?
Whether a professional singer or a singer for hobby, if you are developing a professional voice you should have a goal for maximum output with minimal effort. Acoustic output should be easily attained...
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A Pumice Stone for Your Vocal Folds? Of Nodules and Intervention
There are many factors that can cause an individual to be hoarse. Vocal fold swelling from sickness or overuse affects the ability for vocal folds to vibrate. Lesions, like polyp, cysts or nodules,...
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Advice Post-Slice: Voice Recommendations After Surgery
How much voice rest is necessary after surgery to the vocal folds? When I had voice surgery 10 years ago, I was instructed to rest my voice strictly for 1 week. No talking, singing, throat clearing,...
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Terminating...Why Words Matter
In an age where we are all faced with political correctness, it proves beneficial to be well versed in all the ways a person could describe something. Lately we have been how to describe very delicate...
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5 Tips on Treating Vocal Nodules in Kids & Teens
It's always a challenge to find fun and creative materials to help children and young adults want to take care of their voices. With recent research backing a behavioral approach to treating vocal...
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The SLP and the Service Industry: Who's Serving You?
It can be so very easy to get caught up in the daily grind. The wild IEP meetings stack up, you feel like you're drowning in stacks of paper, (a life preserver would be nice, glitter preference...
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But What About Voice Rehabilitation Goals? Part 1: Short Term
I have had inquiries from multiple sources about how I track progress in voice rehabilitation sessions, so I thought it was high-time that I sat down to create a blog post about what types of goals I...
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But What About Voice Rehabilitation Goals? Part 2: Long Term
I've enjoyed hearing feedback from you all about short term goals and how they work for you. Many of you are more specific in creation, but are focused on the same end goal. If you have no idea what...
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But When Do I Discharge? An SLP's Guide to Progress and Plateau
It's interesting, seeing patients over the course of progressive sessions. When you are in graduate school, you are so worried about content and making sure you can remember every fact, that you are...
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Resonant Voice Exercise is Better than Vocal Rest?
Doctors and SLP's alike used to recommend voice rest for healing vocal fold tissue after trauma. Cheering at a football game, coaching a little league soccer tournament, parenting, or even teaching a...
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But Your Swallow Study is Fine.....What is Muscle Tension Dysphagia?
As a graduate student in Speech-Language Pathology, there are so many names to learn about with regard to terms coined, rehabilitation techniques researched and therapy approaches we don't even use...
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A Day in the Life of a Voice SLP
I get a lot of inquiries about what it's like being a Speech Language Pathologist who specializes in voice as well as an entrepreneur. They wonder, "How hard is it to run your own company?" "Are you...
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We've Partnered with MedBridge. Get Your Unlimited Discounted CEU's Here!
If you're like me, we have the disease of being busy. I have caseloads, business opportunities, blogs, family, taxes, billing, and as my head starts to spin, I could go on for days. In the past, I...
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Low-Budget Acoustic Analysis of Voice...Yes You Can!!!
It is a wonderful thing to work in a university or hospital based voice clinic with the latest high-tech equipment at your fingertips. If you've had the luxury of tinkering with the best tools of the...
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