Voice Therapy

Comprehensive assessment and rehabilitation for voice disorders or difficulties

Have you experienced changes to the quality of your voice (e.g. hoarseness or croakiness) or are you losing your voice while speaking or singing? Does your voice feel tired after talking or singing? Do you have difficulty raising the volume of your voice? Is your voice holding you back in your work, home, or social life?

Laura Kennedy Speech Pathology voice services can help you to achieve optimal vocal performance and n easeful and enduring vocal quality that fulfils your daily requirements.

Commonly treated conditions include:

• Hyperfunctional voice disorders / muscle tension dysphonia.

• Vocal cord paralysis/paresis.

• Dysphonia related to the singing voice.

• Functional voice disorder.

• Vocal fold nodules, polyps, cysts, and scarring.

• Spasmodic dysphonia.

• Puberphonia.

• Presbyphonia.

• Vocal inefficiency.

• Laryngitis.

Theatre Support Services

Theatre Support Services

Laura Kennedy Speech Pathology supports individual performers and creative teams to optimise their vocal health and performance.

Theatre support services are tailored to the individual performer and the production, as all performers and performance opportunities are unique.

Support your cast to optimise their vocal health through education and workshops. Advice for cast members with unique demands or vocal challenges is available through voice coaching, alongside your creative team.

Laura Kennedy Speech Pathology can provide an assessment of the occupational health and safety of your production and strategies to prevent vocal injury.

Upper airway disorders and breathing difficulties

Comprehensive upper airway assessment and rehabilitation program

People experiencing difficulty breathing, a chronic cough or laryngeal hypersensitivity may wonder how a speech pathologist can help. It can be a relief to hear that there are strategies and therapy techniques to alleviate their specific upper airway disorder or difficulty breathing.

In conjunction with your Ear Nose and Throat (ENT) or Respiratory specialist, the upper airway conditions treated at Laura Kennedy Speech Pathology include:

• Inducible laryngeal obstruction (ILO) which is also known as paradoxical vocal fold movement (PVFM) or vocal cord dysfunction (VCD).

• Chronic cough or throat clear.

• Laryngeal hypersensitivity or feeling of a lump in the throat.

Trans, Gender Diverse and Non-Binary Voice Training

Voice assessment and training for transgender, non-binary and gender non-conforming folk

The voice is deeply connected to our sense of self, so when the voice you hear feels inauthentic, it can be distressing. Voice training, tailored to you and your individual goals can help you to find a voice that not only feels authentic but has the endurance to meet your vocal demands.

Pre and post operative support for gender affirming vocal surgery

Support is available to those seeking gender affirming vocal surgery (often referred to as voice feminisation surgery). This commonly involves pre-operative assessment and training followed by rehabilitation of the voice post procedure.

Locations

Face to face appointments are available at two locations:

Queensland Voice Centre
St Andrews War Memorial Hospital
Level 7, Suite 1
457 Wickham Terrace
Spring Hill QLD 4000

Happy Healthy Clinic
31 Ashgrove Avenue
Ashgrove QLD 4060

Telehealth Appointments

Connect with Laura Kennedy Speech Pathology from the comfort of your home or workplace. Sessions are conducted via Zoom or secure web link.