#adultspeechtherapy

Vocal Fatigue: Why Your Voice Hurts After Working from Home (and How to Fix It)

Picture this: It’s 4:30 PM on a Thursday. You’ve just clicked "Leave Meeting" on your seventh Zoom call of the day. You go to say goodbye to your dog, but instead of your normal voice, out comes a raspy, strained croak that sounds less like a human being and more like a tired pirate. Your throat feels scratchy, your neck is tight, and speaking feels like lifting weights with your vocal cords. If your voice feels absolutely exhausted by the end of the workweek, you aren't imag

Voice speech therapy

Vicki Chia Hui Lin, M.S., CCC-SLP

Jun 155 min read

Let’s Talk About Aphasia: When the Brain Plays Hide-and-Seek with Words 🙈💬

Ever had that frustrating "it’s on the tip of my tongue" feeling? You know exactly what you want to say, but the word is just... hovering out of reach. Now, imagine that feeling, but magnified by a hundred, and happening all day long. That is a glimpse into the world of aphasia. As a Speech-Language Pathologist, I get to work with some of the most resilient, witty, and creative people you’ll ever meet; people who are navigating life with aphasia. But because it’s an invisible

Vicki Chia Hui Lin, M.S., CCC-SLP

May 163 min read

Vocal Fold Nodules in Children: A Parent’s Guide to Managing Vocal Abuse and Misuse

Let’s be honest, being a parent is basically living in a front row seat at a rock concert where the lead singer is a threenager who just found out the crust was left on their sandwich. Between the playground shrieks, the "I'm not tired!" roars, and the high pitched dinosaur impressions, our kids’ vocal folds are the hardest working muscles in the house. As a voice specialized Speech Language Pathologist (SLP), I spend my days looking at vocal folds and working with people who

Voice speech therapy

Vicki Chia Hui Lin, M.S., CCC-SLP

Apr 164 min read