Private Online Voice Therapy for Spasmodic Dysphonia with UK based Clinical Specialists.

Up to 70% of teachers can experience voice disorders. This tends to occur due to overuse or misuse of your voice. You may be experiencing throat discomfort, vocal fatigue and hoarseness. In some cases teachers experience vocal nodules. Prolonged voice loss should be investigated and you can request a referral to ENT via your GP. Voice loss can affect your job performance and may cause you to be sick or absent from work as you are unable to teach.

Muscle Tension Dysphonia (MTD) produces vocal symptoms without any physical damage. Muscle Tension Dysphonia (MTD) is a change in the sound of your voice due to excessive muscle tension in and around the larynx (voice box). It is very common, particularly in professional voice users such as teachers or lawyers that use their voice throughout the day to communicate.

Vocal fold nodules develop due to trauma of the vocal folds. When you use your voice incorrectly over time, the vocal folds might become swollen. These swollen areas then become nodules that are sometimes called ‘soft nodules’ but as they progress they can be called ‘hard nodules’ and be harder to treat.

Many people that we see ask us whether its too late to change their speech now they are an Adult. Adults we speak with many have low confidence because of the lisp impacting on meetings, presentations, dating and interviews. It may cause them to avoid some of these situations. Some avoid words with the /s/ sound.

Here we share a personal experience of one of our clients ; of the impact of the lisp and their experience of therapy.

LSVT loud ® stands for Lee Silverman Voice Technique. It is a evidence based Speech and Language Therapy technique that improves loudness for people with Parkinson’s disease.

Voice Therapy will explore the reasons in greater depth that you lose your voice frequently. This may be due to the ways in which you use your voice ineffectively, tension within the larynx, reflux or not taking care of your voice in the best way. Voice Therapy the recommended treatment for voice disorders.

In most cases, Muscle Tension Dysphonia produces vocal symptoms without any actual physical damage. However, if the voice continues to be used ineffectively, it can cause changes to the vocal folds. Voice Therapy is an effective treatment for Muscle Tension Dysphonia.