Resonant Voice Therapy, Exercises of Physiotherapy

Download Resonant Voice Therapy and more Exercises Physiotherapy in PDF only on Docsity! Resonant Voice Therapy Nancy L. Potter, PhD, CCC-SLP Associate professor Speech & Hearing Sciences Washington State University Spokane What we will learn 1.  How vocal folds work 2.  How to create a forward focus for speech with easy vocal fold vibrations. 00 20 19876543210 Maximum Phonation Duration (Finnegan, 1984 data collapsed across gender) Age Mean (secs.) SD 3 7.1 1.78 4 9.35 2.18 5 10.3 2.81 6 13.9 3.31 7 14.2 2.63 8 17.0 4.57 9 15.7 4.93 10 19.05 5.37 Step 1: Stretch shoulders, neck, face 1.  Open chest (cactus) 2.  Back stretch (press palms forward) 3.  Shoulder rolls 4.  Neck rolls 5.  Neck stretch (hand on head to assist stretch) 6.  Neck massage 7.  Jaw massage 8.  Blow raspberries 9.  Roll your R’s Step 3: Syllables Me me May may Ma ma Mo mo Moo moo Always ask yourself… Did I feel vibrations? Was my voice easy? Step 3: Turning voice on and off Meet me Peter meet me Mama Papa Mama Moo moo poo poo moo moo Mooching pooches mooching Step 2 expanded: Forward focus- humming Mmmmm •  Wide/narrow •  Change pitch & volume Always ask yourself… Did I feel vibrations? Was my voice easy? Step 3 expanded: Syllables change mouth shape, pitch, volume Me me May may Ma ma Mo mo Moo moo Always ask yourself… Did I feel vibrations? Was my voice easy? Vocal communicator 1.  M-humm http://www.learnamericanenglishonline.com/ Always ask yourself… Did I feel vibrations? Was my voice easy?