Sally Dennis is a registered Senior Specialist Speech and Language Therapist with clinical specialism in the field of Voice Disorders. She has particular interests in Voice Therapy and vocal rehabilitation for professional voice users (including singers, performers, actors and teachers). She has worked in the field for over 18 years and has expertise, knowledge and skill of supporting service users to achieve improvement or resolution to voice difficulties and associated symptoms of throat discomfort. She has extensive experience with working with creative professionals particularly over the last 10-12 years, including professional and student singers/performers and actors including commercial, soap opera, and West End.
In her NHS role she is Clinical lead for Voice at Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, where she see's patients in a dedicated Performer and Professional voice user Clinic, with laryngoscopy and stroboscopy alongside an ENT Consultant with special interest in voice and a Vocal Rehabilitation Coach and Singing Specialist also present in the clinic. She also sees patients privately online and for face-face sessions in Liverpool and Manchester.
Sally can help with problems including:
Dysphonia / voice difficulties
Issues with vocal stamina or vocal fatigue
Issues with vocal projection
New issues and changes to vocal range
Muscle Tension Dysphonia
Vocal nodules
Vocal cysts and polyps
Post-op vocal rehabilitation
Vocal cord palsy
Therapies offered include:
Assessment of voice and factors influencing the presenting difficulties, including auditory perceptual analysis and laryngeal manual palpation and assessment of the extrinsic laryngeal musculature
Voice Therapy
Laryngeal Manual Therapy
SOVT (Semi Occluded Vocal Tract therapy)
Accent Method
Postural alignment
Optimising breath support for voice
Resonant Voice Therapy
Techniques to promote vocal stamina