This episode follows from the SVS PodChat "Perspectives from the UK and the USA: assessment and rehabilitation of dysphonia during the COVID-19 pandemic" and provides an update on how voice therapy services are being provided in the UK, six months into the pandemic.
Suzanne chats with three renowned speech and language specialist voice therapists - Tori Burnay, Jane Shaw and Rachel Radford - about the impact of COVID-19 on their practice, how they have made adaptations for themselves and their patients and offers insights into their own and their patients' experiences.
The discussion includes meeting the challenges of providing assessment and therapy sessions, highlights the key resources they have created and contributed to, plus tips to looking after ourselves and our own voice, all with warm and humorous personal insights.
A range of resources is discussed, please see below for Rachel Radford's Voice Therapy Exercises on You Tube:
Vocal Function Exercise https://youtu.be/g49L2zE8AkE
LaxVox https://youtu.be/JNPOAgGMK9o
Accent Method https://youtu.be/zzq03YXPLWU
Jane Shaw et al:
https://www.britishlaryngological.org/news/advice-people-experiencing-voice-problems-after-covid-19
Thanks for listening,
Fiona and Suzanne
Fiona Robinson and Suzanne Slade are HCPC registered Speech and Language Therapists practising in the UK and we also educate health professionals in Speech Voice and Swallowing. We collaborate with international experts to create fabulous learning events imparting clinical knowledge and skills. We schedule FEES courses in Nottingham UK and create bespoke FEES training for teams online or at your location. We work with all levels of clinicians to start and progress their FEES competencies, providing ongoing supervision and a tailored programme of education.
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