As occupational voice users, teachers must protect their instrument from the abuse and misuse that often occurs due to the high demand on their voices while at work. While all teachers are at risk for having issues with their voice, female teachers are particularly susceptible. In this post, we walk you through some of the facts about vocal health and some great tips to protect your voice so it doesn’t get schooled.

Understanding the relationship between our mental health and communication is important when providing a holistic approach to communication training, voice therapy, and speech therapy for adults. A collaboration between a speech therapist and a psychotherapist can be invaluable for adults who are experiencing challenges with their communication.

In the latest blog post from our speech therapist, Jordan Scholl, he discusses one of the most common concerns addressed at TASC- Mumbling- and how using a holistic understanding of how we produce speech can inform an adult approach to reducing mumbling, improving enunciation, and increasing the impact of speech.

At TASC, we are passionate about your vocal health. Protect your voice from the unpredictable weather this winter, and the bacteria and viruses that thrive in it. Learn about ways you can keep your voice healthy before, during, and after an infection to ensure your voice survives the winter. 

Communication is the way that we share our identity with others. When our communication does not reflect who we know ourselves to be, speech therapy, voice therapy, or communication training can help. "My goal as a speech-language pathologist is to help more people become proud communicators who feel they can communicate their true Self every day!"- Jordan Scholl, SLP

Many people, including speech therapists, favour the use of the term stuttering over the term stammering, and vice versa. I go into some detail about my own experiences with these two words and their unique origins. Ultimately in search of the answer to this question: should their differences inform treatment for people who stutter and people who stammer.

Over 64% of Toronto's population speaks a language other than English at home, and yet non-native English speakers are constantly facing barriers in their social and professional lives because of their accents. Toronto Adult Speech Clinic has a fresh take on accent modification therapy for adults, to help individuals not only reach their English-speaking goals, but become more confident communicators.

You may think you know the limits of what a speech therapist can do. But speech therapy is not reserved solely for children or disordered populations like stroke or accident survivors. Here are a list of just 10 (of the many) ways that a speech therapist can help non-disordered adults become stronger communicators.

At TASC we believe communication is a basic human right. With adults accounting for approximately 80% of Toronto's population..."We have a responsibility to every client and every potential client to stay informed, up to date with current research, and make ourselves accessible and respectful in our practice of adult speech therapy. No one should feel isolated or alienated on their journey to communicate effectively- after all, the ability to communicate is a basic human right."