In-person event - Speech Therapy For Performers: Through The Endoscopic Lens
Thursday 22nd June 2023, 8:30 AM - 6:00 PM (London Time)
Friday 23rd June 2023, 8:30 AM - 6:00 PM (London Time)
- Location: Newcastle, UK
- Cost: £350: Including Tea, Coffee and a hot vegan buffet
- Venue: County Hotel (4 Star), Neville St, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 5DF – only 1 minute from the train station
This course is open to everybody but will be most beneficial to Speech Therapists who work with or have an interest in working with voice or ENT Laryngologists.
We are honoured to present our Speech and Language Therapist course hosted by the Elite Performers’ Clinic at Freemans Hospital, Newcastle. During this innovative course, we will explore the potential for evidence based singing pedagogy to expand the therapeutic interventions of the speech and language therapist. Through the lens of an endoscope, we will examine the vocal configurations of the singing voice, the potential for new treatment modalities and the need for new diagnostic protocols to avoid the potential for misdiagnosis.
We will engage in myth busting and charter new territory such as:
- Pharyngeal shaping and the challenge with MTD diagnosis (the protocols used for speech are not the same for singers)
- The tongue is not the enemy-Understanding how we use the back third of the tongue to shape timbre and implications for MTD
- Laryngeal height considerations and how they relate to constriction of the voice
- Laryngeal pathologies and singing considerations. These topics and so many more to be presented over 2 days with live endoscopic demonstrations for biofeedback
| Thursday 22nd June 2023 | Session |
|---|---|
8:30 - 9:00 |
Coffee and registration |
9:00 - 9:05 |
Welcome and opening remarks - Pippa Anderson & Natalie Eastwood |
9:05 - 10:05 |
Through the Lens with Kerrie Obert Part one of Endoscopy: Velar and nasal assessment for the singer |
10:05 - 10:30 |
Unique and essential services for performers - Claire Cordeaux (CEO at BAPAM) |
10:30 - 10:45 |
Break |
10:45 - 11:30 |
Lateral to medial narrowing of the vocal tract |
11:30 - 12:15 |
Anterior to posterior narrowing of the vocal tract |
12:15 - 12:30 |
Q&A |
12:30 - 13:30 |
Lunch |
13:30 - 14:30 |
Larynx height and false vocal folds |
14:30 - 15:30 |
The Role of the ENT and Singers and the Elite Performer’s Clinic Model, Ben Cosway, ENT |
15:30 - 15:45 |
Break |
15:45 - 16:30 |
Case studies; Facilitators: Ben Cosway, Kerrie Obert - SLP, Tori Burnay - Clinical Lead SLT, Natalie Eastwood - Clinical Lead SLT, Linda Hutchinson - VRC) |
| Friday 23rd June 2023 | Session Title |
|---|---|
08:30 - 9:00 |
Coffee |
09:00 - 09:45 |
Through the Lens with Kerrie Obert Warm-up and practice from yesterday |
09:45 - 10:30 |
Vocal fold zones and pathology assessment |
10:30 - 10:45 |
Break |
10:45 - 12:15 |
Functional voice assessment with the singer in mind-case studies |
12:15 - 12:30 |
Panel US and UK perspectives (Kerrie Obert - SLP, Tori Burnay - Clinical Lead SLT, Natalie Eastwood - Clinical Lead SLT, Linda Hutchinson - VRC) |
12:30 - 13:30 |
Lunch |
13:30-15:30 |
Live scope with singers using the protocol established during the course |
15:30 - 15:40 |
Break |
15:40 - 16:30 |
Live scope with singers using the protocol established during the course |
If you would like to book a place on this course, please use the payment form below or email info@voicestudycentre.com
Pippa Anderson
Pippa Anderson holds an Mlitt (Master of Letters) in Music, and is also a senior lecturer and vocal health consultant for the musical theatre programme at Leeds Conservatoire and Clinical Vocal Rehabilitation Specialist at Freeman Hospital.
Natalie Eastwood
Natalie Eastwood qualified as a speech and language therapist from Sheffield University and has over 18 years of experience working with voice and swallowing...
Benjamin Cosway
Mr Benjamin Cosway is a Consultant Head and Neck Surgeon and Laryngologist at the Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. He is an expert in the management...
Tori Burnay
Tori Burnay is a Voice Specialist Speech and Language Therapist who works extensively with singers and professional voice users...