Remote guidance: enabling tele-supervised community-based rehabilitation worker intervention to facilitate communication in a child with cleft lip and palate.

Cleft lip and palate (CLP) significantly impact speech and language development in children. In remote areas, access to specialised services is often limited, necessitating innovative approaches for effective service delivery. This case report explores the potential of tele-supervised intervention provided by community-based rehabilitation workers (CBRWs) to enhance communication outcomes for children with CLP.

Home Remedies ("Paati Vaidyam") for Voice Disorders: Some Common Practices Among School Teachers.

Aim: The study aimed to document the practices followed as home remedies to treat voice-related symptoms among school teachers.

Study Design: Cross-sectional study.

Method: A total of 385 school teachers from Chennai, India, participated in the study.

Comparison of Client-Led Asynchronous and Clinician-Led Synchronous Online Methods for Evaluation of Subjective Vocal Measures in Teachers: A Feasibility Study.

Background: COVID-19 has transformed face to face teaching in classrooms to online and hybrid modes. Increased vocal intensity/ pitch to call attention of students and transact in the online class, inappropriate posture (head, neck & upper trunk) while using the laptop and other online tools cause vocal loading leading to voice related concerns in teachers. Tele voice assessment is a feasible alternative means to seek professional help in the current situation and possibly in the future too.

Outcomes of Vocal Hygiene Program in Facilitating Vocal Health in Female School Teachers With Voice Problems.

Background: Teachers suffer greater impacts of voice problems due inappropriate voice use and other contributing factors such as physiological, environmental, and individual & work related issues. Structured vocal hygiene programs (VHP) prevent/reduce the risk of vocal trauma and promote vocal health in teachers. This study aimed to estimate the outcome of instituting a sociocultural relevant vocal hygiene program in facilitating vocal health among female school teachers using a comprehensive voice assessment protocol.

Frequency Range Measures in Carnatic Singers.

Background: Frequency range measures in singers reflect their physiological capacity, vocal flexibility, training effects, strengths, and limitations in singing. Since this information is vital for pedagogic and clinical purposes, this study aimed to measure the frequency range in Carnatic singers while singing different aspects of the vocal music.

Method: Practice task (gliding from lowest to highest note) and performance task (singing a song with vocal ornaments) were recorded from 55 trained Carnatic singers (40 females and 15 males).

Vocal Health Practices Among School Teachers: A Study From Chennai, India.

Introduction: A healthy vocal system is a prerequisite to produce a serviceable voice for any vocal profession. The concept of vocal health (VH) among teachers is worth exploring considering their known risk of developing voice disorders.

Aim: To provide socioculture-specific information on VH practices and nature of voice problems in teachers.