Our voices are the primary method with which many of us express ourselves to the world. However, often we don’t realise that in order to maintain the functioning of our voices, we need to look after our voices just as we look after the other parts of our body. The...
We’ve all experienced the sensation of our drink going down the wrong way – the coughing, the watery eyes, the breathlessness. It’s certainly unpleasant. Now imagine if this happened every time you took a sip of water. Not only is this sensation...
Voice Disorders in Children Voice disorders are a group of medical conditions that involve a change in the pitch, loudness, or quality of someone’s voice. A voice disorder can range from occasional hoarseness to the complete absence of the voice. While voice...
Speech Pathology and Cancer When you first mention speech pathology, you don’t instantly think ‘cancer’ do you? Speech Pathologists work with a vast array of people, including those with cancer of the head and neck. Surgery, chemotherapy and...
Accent Modification Have you ever stopped and listened to the voices of the people around you? Even if we speak the same language, chances are we all sound a bit different – these differences are accents. Everyone speaks with an accent, even if we...
The Difference between Speech and Language When thinking about communication, people often use the words speech and language interchangeably. While often confused by many as having the same meaning, there is actually a difference between ‘speech’ and ‘language’. So,...
