If I had a nickel for every time I heard a new patient say, “My ENT said I needed speech therapy, but I have no idea why I’m here—my speech is absolutely fine,” I’d be one wealthy SLP . However, this is quite possibly one of my favorite statements, because it means I get to rock their world by telling them all about my specialized area of speech therapy that they had no idea even existed: Voice Therapy. Yes, that’s right, speech therapists are trained to do a whole lot mor

In celebration of Teacher Appreciation Week, I want to dedicate a blog post to the inspiring, compassionate, and caring educators in our...

First, I take a deep, lower abdominal breath--one that expands my belly and rib cage comfortably without traveling upwards, trespassing...