Speech Therapy
Procedures
Our speech-language therapists, Dr Anna Miles, is a registered speech-language therapists with the New Zealand Speech-language Therapists’ Association. She works with people with concerns about their voice or swallow.
Dr Anna Miles is the New Zealand Speech-language Therapists’ Association Expert Advisor in Adult Swallowing Disorders. An internationally recognised researcher and a swallowing and voice specialist including Transitioning from male to female with 20yr + experience in the field.
Services for adults:
- Swallowing Assessment and Therapy
- Voice Assessment and Therapy
- Head & Neck Cancer Multidisciplinary Management
- Chronic Cough Therapy
- Lee Silverman Voice Technique
Services for children:
- Voice Assessment and Therapy
- Chronic Cough Therapy
Online services:
- Dr Anna Miles offers therapy via videoconferencing / telehealth.
Educational services for professional voice users, performers, and singers:
- Professional Voice – protecting and healing your voice
- Performance Voice – protecting and healing your voice
Gender Affirming Voice Therapy:
Gender affirming voice therapy is a practice that focuses on developing a voice that is authentic to you. The goal of gender-affirming voice therapy is to provide confidence in the use of your voice and using your voice safely, avoiding the risk of strain in the long term.
This therapy focuses on resonance, breath support, and the pitch of your voice as well as finer details such as vowel use and many more vocal techniques.
Typical sessions are spread out over a number of months to integrate the techniques fully and allow time for finding out what is best for you and your vocal needs.
We also provide letters of recommendation for WINZ funding. Please click on the link to see if you meet these requirements https://genderminorities.com/2019/05/14/voice-therapy-funding/
Other Services:
- Specialist swallowing assessments – Videofluoroscopic Study of Swallowing & Flexible Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing
- ACC providers
- Second opinions and Expert opinions, including ACC and legal expert opinion experience
Resources
Caring for your voice
