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What is Voice Disorder ?

Excessive or abuse of voice, voice problems may occur as a result of neurology disorders and structural anomalies..
The most common problems are vocal fold nodules, vocal groove, voice disorders such as muscle tension dysphonia. rudeness in the voice, bifurcation, throttling, early fatigue, pain in neck and throat, feeling of being stuck, It can give many symptoms such as the complete cessation of the voice during the day..

Voice disorders are also seen in childhood.. Nodules are the most common voice problem in children.. If your child's voice is often hoarse, from pain in your throat, if he/she complains of a stuck feeling, an otolaryngologist may need to be examined. Surgical methods are rarely preferred in the treatment of many voice disorders.. Instead, treatment with sound therapy is recommended..

What is Sound Therapy ?

It is a process that allows many voice disorders to be completely eliminated by behavioral methods.. The goal of sound therapy is to identify and eliminate unhealthy and dysfunctional behaviors and conditions, and replace it with functional behavior with the ability to create healthy conditions..

Sound therapy provides effective and permanent healing.

Even in cases where surgery is inevitable, the importance of pre- and post-surgical voice therapy is accepted by everyone.. An important point to be emphasized here, sound therapy, trained and experienced; audiology, by speech and voice disorders specialists or speech-language therapists, It should be carried out in coordination with otolaryngologists..

Professional Audio:

Professional audio users; theatricals, singers voice users, clergy, teachers, their voices in a wide pitch range when performing professions such as conference speakers., are people who have to use high volume and long-term non-stop. This situation, Inadequate vocal hygiene and use of wrong techniques can cause vocal trauma and accompanying voice disorders..

It is extremely important for people with these professions to receive training and consultancy services on vocal hygiene and voice use techniques in order to continue their profession in a healthy way..

What is Vocal Hygiene ?

vocal hygiene, It can be summarized as protecting the vocal organs and especially the vocal cords from harmful substances and behaviors, as well as supporting their natural structure..

Whether you have a voice disorder or not, if you have a profession that requires you to use your voice intensively, you should pay attention to vocal hygiene..

vocal hygiene:

Regular moistening of the vocal cords, It includes avoidance of behaviors that strain voice production and substances that directly or indirectly irritate. So what; The conditions and social requirements in daily life often make it difficult to provide vocal hygiene..

Therefore, the person's living conditions and habits will be evaluated by the clinician., should be followed during the sound therapy process with a personalized approach.

How Sound is Produced ?

air from the lungs vocal cords (vocal folds) It vibrates to release sound energy..

A voice that gains timbre where it hits along the vocal tract that extends from the larynx to the lips.; chin, dil, a sound that resonates where it hits along the vocal tract that extends to the lips; chin, dil, It is shaped by lip and palate movements and allows speech sounds to be formed., Hence the sound; lungs, It emerges with the harmonious operation of the vocal folds and structures on the vocal tract.. A disorder in these systems or in the harmony of these systems can impair healthy sound production..

Changes in the muscle and bone structures that allow speech, cleft palate, dental problems, problems with the brain or nerves, hearing loss, cerebral palsy, parkinson, neurological disorders such as als, brain damage and mental retardation (mental retardation), autism, asperger, syndromes such as down syndrome, can be counted among the causes of language and speech problems.. Articulation disorder, delayed speech, stuttering are some of these disorders.

articulation, ses, dil, Speech education specialists participate in in-service training with the participation of experts from the leading university in our country in the field of hearing disorders.. Experts other than trained and trained experts are not assigned in this department.. Experts who complete the in-service training process take part in the hearing education department..

As Özem Special Education and Rehabilitation Center hearing loss Auditory rehabilitation evaluation of individuals with audiologist made by.

At the same time, considering that the development is a whole, not only the comprehension skills of the individual, but also, motor, social, cognitive, communication skills are also evaluated by the relevant experts and the process is shared with the family..

Working with experts on the subject in children/adults who are decided to receive therapy, trainings are applied individually and family trainings and therapies are definitely supported..

All applications are carried out by providing evidence-based and interdisciplinary cooperation..

As Özem Special Education and Rehabilitation Center hearing loss Comprehensive assessment of communication skills of individuals with audiologist and speech disorders experts.

At the same time, considering that development is a whole, not only communication skills of the individual, but also, motor, social, cognitive skills are also evaluated by the relevant experts and the process is shared with the family..

Working with the experts of the subject in children who are decided to receive therapy, trainings are applied individually and family trainings and therapies are definitely supported..

All applications are carried out by providing evidence-based and interdisciplinary cooperation..

As Özem Special Education and Rehabilitation Center otheism spectrum disorder Comprehensive assessment of communication skills of individuals with disabilities is carried out and conducted by speech disorders specialists..

At the same time, considering that development is a whole, not only communication skills of the individual, but also, motor, social, cognitive skills are also evaluated by the relevant experts and the process is shared with the family..

Working with the experts of the subject in children who are decided to receive therapy, trainings are applied individually and family trainings and therapies are definitely supported..

All applications are carried out by providing evidence-based and interdisciplinary cooperation..

As Özem Special Education and Rehabilitation Center speech sound disorder Evaluation of suspected children is carried out with their families and is carried out by speech disorders specialists..

At the same time, considering that development is a whole, not only communication skills of the child but also, motor, social, cognitive skills are also evaluated by the relevant experts and the process is shared with the family..

Working with the experts of the subject in children who are decided to receive therapy, trainings are applied individually and family trainings and therapies are definitely supported..