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MAY IS BETTER SPEECH AND Holly Nover, MA, CCC/SLP Speech Language Pathologist HEARING MONTH Valley Ridge Academy THE SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST (SLP) TREATS IMPAIRMENTS IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS: Articulation (speech sound productions)

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MAY IS BETTER SPEECH AND HEARING MONTH

Holly Nover, MA, CCC/SLP Speech Language Pathologist Valley Ridge Academy

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THE SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST (SLP) TREATS IMPAIRMENTS IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS:

  • Articulation (speech sound productions)
  • Language (written and verbal expression, auditory comprehension)
  • Stuttering
  • Nonverbal (Social skills, communication devices, swallowing)
  • Voice
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VOICE DISORDERS AND TEACHERS

  • 58% of teachers will experience a voice disorder

within their career (ASHA, 2005)

  • 11% currently have a voice disorder (ASHA 2005)
  • 18% of teachers miss work each year due to voice

related problems (ASHA, 2005)

  • Other high risk professionals: administrators and

secretaries

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WHAT IS A VOICE DISORDER?

  • Nodules (calluses)
  • Polyps (blisters)
  • Paralysis
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VOICE DISORDER CHARACTERISTICS:

hoarse or breathy like you are talking out of your nose like you have a cold that lingers too high or too low of a pitch talking too softly or too loudly pain pitch breaks loss of vocal range strain/struggle talking frequent loss of voice (aphonia)

Over a 2 week period is a concern or frequent occurrences.

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COMMON CAUSES

  • Allergies
  • Large tonsils or adenoids
  • Smoking
  • Illness (respiratory infections)
  • Reflux
  • Poor voice habits - teachers
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VOICE DISORDER PREVENTION AND VOCAL HYGIENE

  • 1. HYDRATE (WATER)
  • 2. Eliminate throat clearing or

coughing by using a hard swallow

  • r soft cough
  • 3. Reduce nonessential talking – use

silent classroom signals

  • 4. Avoid speaking in noisy

situations

  • 5. Reduce back ground noise
  • 6. Rest/sleep matters
  • 7. Restrict medications that dry out the

mouth or throat

  • 8. Reducing caffeine and alcohol

intake

  • 9. Use a sound amplification system
  • 10. Build periods of vocal rest into

your day

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REFERENCE

Nelson Roy (2005). Teachers with Voice Disorders: Recent Clinical Trials Research. The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Leader.

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