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VOCAL CLINICS FORUM
Multidisciplinary management of functional voice disorders

FRIDAY 23 February 2024
09.00 – 17:15 (Registration from 8.45)

St Thomas’ Hospital, London SE1 7EH

Functional voice disorders and muscle tension imbalance disorders account for almost half of the patients presenting to ENT/voice clinics with voice problems. This event will be discussing classification of functional voice disorders, the diagnostic assessment and treatment approaches available in the UK. The aim of the day is for the voice clinic team to develop skills in assessment and diagnosis and to develop knowledge about available therapeutic approaches that may be of benefit to this patient group. It will also incorporate practical voice therapy treatment in the clinic using visual feedback to aid patients’ compliance and understanding of therapy goals.

We encourage you to attend in your teams if possible. The day is highly relevant to ENT consultants specialising in laryngology, voice-specialist speech and language therapists, singing teachers, voice teachers, physiotherapists and osteopaths working with professional voice users.

Presenters and Session Chairs

ANNIE ELIAS - Consultant SLT
LUKE ALDRIDGE-WADDON - Psychologist
NICK GIBBINS - Consultant ENT Surgeon
NIKOS SPANTIDEAS (Ch) - ENT Surgeon/Laryngologist
REHAB AWAD - Clinical Lead SLT
SALLY DENNIS - Clinical Lead SLT
THANH THI TRAN - Physiotherapist
TOM BUTLER - Senior Specialist SLT
TORI BURNAY - Clinical Lead SLT

Ticket Pricing

BVA members: £130/£105 (early bird rate before 24 January)
Non-BVA: £150/£120 (early bird rate)
Student/recent graduate: £45 (no lunch provided)
Live Stream/Recording Only: £80 (BVA members)/£90 (Non-BVA)

Recording link included in all prices

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Programme

Time	Event	Speakers/Hosts
8:45	Registration	—
9:00	WELCOME and housekeeping	Tori Burnay
9:05	Setting the scene – What shall we call those voices?	Annie Elias
9:20	SESSION 1 (Chair: Rehab Awad) Clinical presentations in the multidisciplinary voice clinic	Nick Gibbins
10:05	Clinical presentations in the Performer specialist voice clinic	Tory Burnay
10:45	Delivering initial diagnosis and joint planning with the individual and the team	Nick Gibbins
11:00	TEA/COFFEE	—
11:15	SESSION 2 (Chair: Nikos Spantideas) Assessment of whole body and impact on laryngeal mechanism	Thanh Tri Tran
12:00	Psychological considerations when working with voice difficulties: what? so what and now what?	Luke Aldridge-Waddon
12:50	Questions	—
13:00	LUNCH	—
14:00	SESSION 3 (Chair: Tori Burnay) Working psychologically with voice – an SLT perspective	Annie Elias
15:00	Research Session	—
16:00	TEA/COFFEE	—
16:15	SESSION 4 (Chair: Tori Burnay) Treatment nasendoscopy case presentations and discussions	Sally Dennis, Tom Butler
17:15	CLOSE	—