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Who Can Benefit?

Any adolescent or adult with the following diseases, disorders, or conditions (or consequences from them) (listed alphabetically) can potentially benefit from a referral to Talk in Action:

  • Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)

  • Anoxia/Hypoxia

  • Aphasia

  • Brain Tumour

  • Brainstem Stroke

  • Cerebral Palsy

  • Cervical Spinal Cord Injury

  • Concussion

  • Dementia of the Alzheimer Type (DAT)

  • Down syndrome

  • Dysarthria

  • Dysphagia (Swallowing Disorder)

  • Dysphonia

    • e.g., "Conversion" Aphonia, Functional Dysphonia, Muscle Tension Dysphonia​

  • Encephalitis

  • Head and Neck Cancer

    • Glossectomy​

    • Laryngectomy

  • Head Injury (Traumatic Brain Injury)

  • Inhalatory Stridor

  • Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI)

  • Multiple Sclerosis (MS)

  • Paradoxical Vocal Fold Movement/Vocal Cord Dysfunction (VCD)

  • Parkinson Disease

  • Primary Progressive "Aphasias"

  • Puberphonia (Mutational Falsetto)

  • Right-Brain Damage

  • Vocal Fold Lesions

    • e.g., Granulomas, Hemorrhage, Nodules, Polyps​, Webs

  • Vocal Fold Paralysis

Any adolescent or adult with the following concerns (or whose significant others have these concerns) might potentially benefit from a referral to Talk in Action:

  • Voice that is not loud enough (or is too loud) for the circumstances

    • e.g., Voice too quiet in noisy environment; too loud in "quiet-zone"

  • Voice that is too high (or too low) in pitch for the person's age, sex, or gender re-assignment​

  • Voice fatigue or loss during or after a day's use

  • Voice that others say sounds like a "creaky door," most of the time

  • "Strained" voice after speaking to an audience, teaching, or coaching

  • Voice that sounds unpleasant to others or that others mock

  • Voice that others say sounds "sexy" or confidential (and you wish it did not)

  • Voice that others (or you) say sounds "child-like"

  • You are a native speaker of English and (any of the following):

    • Listeners complain that you talk, "too fast" or "too slow"

    • Listeners complain that they have difficulty understanding what you say (generally)

    • You or your listeners describe your speech as having a "lisp"

    • You or your listeners have noticed that you have trouble saying the sound, "r", as in "red", "tree", "car"

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