Why I love coughing with SLT Tor Spence

Send us Fan MailSpecialist Speech & Language Therapist Tor Spence joins us for a chat. She's become an expert on coughing - what it is, how we can control it and what it does to your voice.We break down the physiology of a cough, and describe the technique of mindful coughing.Tor also talks about the process of vocal diagnosis, both within the ENT structure and "sight unseen" in the 2-week wait clinic.Find out what the cycle and the seesaw have to do with coughing, and why Jeremy loves filtering in diagnosis (and what that actually means).Oh and we're talking mucus.Lots of mucus.Tor can be found under the VoiceFit banner herehttps://www.instagram.com/voicefituk/ https://www.facebook.com/voicefituk/ https://twitter.com/voicefituk https://voicefit.co.ukHere's the link to Tor's online modular course for the developing voice therapisthttps://voicefitschool.thinkific.com/courses/voicefit-to-practise  ENT UK - here's a link to the Patients section of ENT UK (the professional membership body representing Ear, Nose and Throat Surgery) https://www.entuk.org/patients/conditions https://www.entuk.org/patients/conditions/31/hoarseness And here's some advice from the Physiotherapy for Breathing Pattern Disorders websitehttps://www.physiotherapyforbpd.org.uk/self-help/ To find out more about voice, vocal health and singing techniques, check out the Vocal Process Learning Lounge - full access to 16 years of voice training resources for less than the price of one singing lesson https://vocal-process-hub.teachable.com/p/the-vocal-technique-learning-lounge