Navigating Voice Disorders

This book comprises 50 tips for speech and language therapy practitioners who are new to, or less experienced in, working with adult voice disorders. It considers the full clinical pathway from assessment to management and on through to discharge.
Packed with easily accessible, practical hints about therapy and useful self-development activities for the reader, sections cover:
Reflecting on the normal voice
'Doing' therapy
Assessment
Management
Specific diagnoses
Professional voice users
Professional liaison
Learning from clients
The resource concludes with a handy appendix providing further reading and useful resources. Presenting diagnosis-specific and client group-specific tips alongside widely applicable guidance, this is a go-to book for accessible and practical support for voice newbies.

Carolyn Andrews is a speech and language therapist and University Teaching Fellow with over 20 years' clinical experience and education of SLT students. She first got curious about the voice listening to Top of the Pops in the 1980s and is fascinated by the uniqueness of our voices. Carolyn sees a key part of professional practice as translating complicated theory into accessible knowledge for clients and students alike, and loves exploring the craft of the voice with others.

Acknowledgements Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Your voice, the normal voice Chapter 3: Doing voice therapy Chapter 4: Assessment Chapter 5: Management Chapter 6: Working with specific diagnoses Chapter 7: Working with professional voice users Chapter 8: Professional liaison Chapter 9: Learning from clients Chapter 10: Appendices Chapter 11: Useful resources Index