My guest this week is Clinical Voice Disorder Expert, Speech and Language Therapist Sue Jones, who I am thrilled to connect with at a pivotal moment in her life as only last month, after enjoying a very fulfilling career, she has now fully retired after a whopping 38 years service at Wythenshawe Hospital.  Throughout her career, Sue has been instrumental in developing voice clinic services, as well as developing standards of competency at all professional levels - from student to expert practitioner.  She is used to leading teams of voice specialists who perform, interpret and teach laryngeal endoscopy - otherwise known as taking a good look inside people’s throats with specialist cameras and equipment, to assist with understanding and diagnosing a whole variety of speech, voice and swallowing disorders. 

Sue has lectured nationally and internationally and has been an integral cog in bridging the divide between the ENT, the SLT, the voice teacher and patient which has led to the gradual development of more multi-disciplinary voice clinics, suitable for voice professionals as well as others.

Times and Topics

0:00 -  Introduction and welcome

2:20 - Loving retirement so far and what’s next

3:35 - Reflecting back how much has changed

4:00 - The beginning of the journey

6:15 - More voice clinics and early laryngeal examinations

8:00 - Sue’s musical background

10:45 - How voice disorders can affect your emotions

12:20 - How habits can be damaging

13:20 - Managing the professional singer through voice recovery

15:45 - How things developed into the multi-disciplinary voice clinic

17:30 - What music do you love and connect with?

Carrie Underwood - Don't forget to remember me

ABBA - Waterloo

Ultravox - Vienna

Rhiannon Giddons with Francesco Turrisi - Met Live

19:00 - Sue on ‘not feeling your age’

19:30 - Occupational Hazard and Perceptual Studies

21:00 - What is most valuable thing in caring for your voice

23:00 - Favourite scoping tools and the importance of accurate interpretation

25:15 - A snap shot in time and another lightbulb moment

28:00 - Lightbulb moment concerning laryngeal movement, working with Kim Chandler

31:00 - Using Estill Voice Training as a Speech and Language Therapist

33:00 - the trap of disconnection through over thinking it

34:00 - DYT Choir

35:45 - Defying Gravity live link

36:00 - goosebump moments in the theatre

38:00 - Do you thing choir - youtube seasons of love and proud,  This is me from the greatest showman

40:00  - future plans - New edition of Sue’s Book is coming soon!! We will keep you all posted!