Today, Carrie Clark is joined by speech-language pathologist Kyle Meades from www.privateslp.com. Kyle shares with us an overview of working with children with voice disorders.
Links:
Speech therapy Private Practice Startup Podcast
Show Notes:
- ENT Referral: Get it first!
- Look for reflux, bad posture, overuse (it’s always a symptom of something else)
- Assesment:
- palpate the larynx during swallow and vocalizing
- listen and get samples
- look back in the mouth
- Screaming and Sensory Problems:
- laryngeal massage
- easy onset
- volume control: computer programs like IBM speech viewer
- Environmental factors:
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- loud places and eqiupment
- excessive use of whispering
- dry environment
- acid reflux
- excessive throat clearing
- stroke and medical
- swimming with ear infection
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