The Voice

Non-speech oral motor exercises (NSOME) is a method that is used to treat a varied of speech disorders (Lof & Watson, 2010). It is believed that using non-speech oral motor exercises can help a child or adult increase their speech sound production. According to Lof & Watson, non-speech oral motor exercises is defined as “any techniques that does not require the child to produce a speech sound, but are used to influence the development of speaking abilities” (Lof & Watson, 2010). Therefore, speech

Writing has changed a lot over the years. The hot topics fade and new ones replace them. From early America to 1870 there was not many changes in the topics because there was not as many people as there are now. There was only three considerable changes to writing styles and topics. The writing styles and topics over the years have changed from myths, to God, and finally to individualism. Writing started off as myths. There are four functions of a myth. The myth must include all of creation, day

Oxygen and The Larynx Both in Mary Oliver’s “Oxygen” and Alice Jones’s “The Larynx use the same central idea that bodily functions can do so much for a person. In “Oxygen” the poet describes how the character has had a breathing issue their whole life and has an oxygen machine to help them breath well, and it is beautiful (Oliver 824). In “The Larynx” the poet describes how singing requires the strength and ability to make the body an instrument. Both poems use the body to make something beautiful

Throat Singing, also named Katajjaq, Vocal Games, Throat songs and breath songs (Arctic lecture, 22). According to the video “Inuit Throat Singing Introduction,” the traditionally purpose of Throat Singing is a game between two woman and they play this game face to face. Besides, two players in this game try to compete the vocal ability. During this game, they can stand or crouch down. One player is leading a short rhythmic and another one is following the short silent gap in between (Arctic lecture

disorders, oropharyngeal dysphagia, respiratory disorders including asthma, or mild MTD were excluded from the study. Also, excluded, were any participants who previously utilized pharmacological treatment or received other voice therapy methods with regards to problems with their voice. Table 1. Study participant demographic characteristics. Participant Age Gender Days post-onset of symptoms Group Occupation SP01 23 M 1 year Face-to-Face School Paraprofessional SP04 45 F 2 months Telepractice Elem. School

Tools of the Craft So you have decided you want to write. Perhaps you may feel you need to write. Sometimes this urge inside you is so sweet and urgent that you find yourself imagining the smooth feel of the keyboard beneath your fingertips. You can hear the tap tap of the keys as your fingers fly over them, forming words, sentences, paragraphs and pages of images that will flow from your mind to another’s in a bizarre and wondrous kind of telepathy. This desire may come to you as you are studying

Courses SPLP 635 - Voice Disorders. Voice Disorders is part of the core curriculum in the master’s degree program in speech-language pathology, approved by the American Speech-Language and Hearing Association (ASHA), and the accrediting body for professional training programs in speech-language pathology, CAA-CSD. This graduate level course is designed to provide students with knowledge of normal voice including the vocal parameters of pitch, intensity, quality, resonance and flexibility. Various

I have recently found my voice. It seems ironic to claim that I have known about my voice prior to discovering it, so let me be clear and say that I do not mean I have found a voice or the voice, but rather I found my voice, the voice of authenticity, one that expresses my individuality in a way that is uniquely my own. I have always known about this voice, but dominant narratives stemming from the metaphorical closet dictated what my voice should resemble, which both silenced and misconstrued it

In chapter three of Imaginative Writing, “Voice”, Janet Burroway identifies three important concepts of voice; irony, character voice, and point of view that allows a writer to explore the inner lives of other. First, the irony is a contradiction that emphasizes the voice of someone. Burroway states, “verbal irony, is a way of using voice. It is achieved by some sort of mismatch between the tone and the content and is capable of myriad effects: serious, comic, threatening, satirical, and so forth”

Giving Voices to Values seems like a simple task, but efficiently voicing your values is not a simple task. Mary C. Gentile breaks down assumptions that describe specific beliefs, attitudes, and capacities that ENABLE our efforts to properly voice and act on our values. Many of us will encounter values conflict in our life and career, Gentile shows the reader how to react in certain circumstances. The book touches on many important subjects like finding your voice and the true power of your voice