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Your Voice Is Telling a Bigger Story: Understanding Muscle Tension Dysphonia

August 31, 2025 by Ashley Zhinin.
This resource invites patients to understand muscle tension dysphonia as more than just a voice issue. It’s a whole-body experience shaped by stress, tension, and daily habits. Use this handout to help patients reflect on their unique patterns and build awareness of how their voice connects to their overall wellbeing.
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Glottic Gap: How Your Vocal Folds Work

June 30, 2025 by Ashley Zhinin.
This patient-friendly handout explains glottic gap using clear language and everyday examples to help individuals understand how their vocal folds work. It’s ideal for use in voice therapy to support education, engagement, and shared decision-making.
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Guide for Troubleshooting One-Way Speaking Valves

May 31, 2025 by Ashley Zhinin.
This guide offers practical troubleshooting tips for SLPs working with patients using one-way speaking valves, addressing common challenges to improve airway function, phonation, and communication. With a focus on interdisciplinary collaboration and individualized care, it provides clear, actionable strategies to enhance patient outcomes and tolerance of speaking valves.
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Your Guide to Spasmodic Dysphonia: From Diagnosis to Care

January 31, 2025 by Ashley Zhinin.
This resource provides a clear, accessible explanation of spasmodic dysphonia, including what it is, why it happens, treatment options, and how speech therapy can help. Designed to support patient education, it equips therapists with the tools to empower individuals in understanding and managing their voice condition.
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Essential Tracheostomy Terms for SLPs

December 31, 2024 by Ashley Zhinin.
This quick reference provides speech-language pathologists with essential tracheostomy terminology to support effective, informed care. Designed for clinical use, it covers key terms and concepts relevant to SLP practice with trach patients.
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Living Without the Larynx: Your Guide to Functional Laryngectomy

November 30, 2024 by Ashley Zhinin.
Considering a functional laryngectomy can be overwhelming for patients facing chronic aspiration and severe swallowing issues. This resource provides a compassionate, easy-to-understand overview of what the surgery entails, potential benefits, and the challenges involved, helping patients make informed decisions about their health and quality of life.
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Muscle Tension Dysphagia

April 30, 2024 by Ashley Zhinin.
This quick reference guide captures the basics of muscle tension dysphagia and outlines some available treatment options.
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What is Voice Preservation for ALS?

November 30, 2023 by Ashley Zhinin.
People with ALS often lose their speaking ability. Voice preservation is voice and message banking that allows people to record their voice for a more personalized voice experience with augmentative and alternative communication options.
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