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:

www.privateSLP.com

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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:
  • • • 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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