Full Description
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.
Contents
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
