I am not often given to remembering snatches of Wordsworth at 4 o’clock in the morning, but it has been a sleepless night in reflection of the status quo of how we seem to be doing communication in the last days, weeks and months. These lines stir from distant memory and study: …
The Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists is doing some impressive work in coordinating national efforts to address capacity issues in the trans pathway. Here the college’s National Advisor in Transgender Voice tells us more: Speech and Language Therapists aim to support trans and non-binary people in specialist voice …
Nick Robinson, former political editor for the BBC and now a presenter on the Todayprogramme, last week spoke about ‘the battle’ to get his voice back. This was an event hosted by the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists attended by a packed room of journalists, speech and language …
In my role as the Lead Specialist Speech and Language Therapist at the Gender Identity Clinic, London, I pose the question to my clients ‘why do we feel vulnerable about our voices?’ An answer is: because we do not hear our voice as others hear us. Indeed, we hear our …
In the midst of the frenetic deadlines and a seemingly accelerated rhythm of life which comes as we hurtle towards the shortest day and the seasonal holidays, there are moments to pause and reflect. It’s been a big year. I’m not a great one for small talk at parties, if …