A practice-oriented learning that will allow you to learn everything you need to know about Biomechanics and Voice Assessment, so that you can apply it to the protection and care of the voice as a professional tool"

The knowledge and management of the speech apparatus is indispensable for the work of teaching professionals who want to ensure that their voice is in good condition when carrying out their work. In this sense, it is also important to be aware of the multifactorial nature of the voice and its alterations. The changes that occur in the human voice over time are related, among other factors, to the maturation and development of the phonorespiratory system, as well as to its deterioration.

Another type of change is due to sex-related differences. There are also changes in the voice that are due to professional use and to structural and functional alterations associated or not with other pathologies. And all of this is evident in both the normal voice and the pathological voice.

For all these reasons, knowledge about the use of one's own voice, programs for the prevention of disorders and Voice Therapy applied to the use in different contexts, are crucial elements for the health, well-being and development of any speaker.

This type of training makes professionals in this field increase their ability to succeed, which results in better practice and performance that will have a direct impact on their professional work, both in the teaching field and in the field of professional communication.

This program offers a very broad view of vocal pathology and physiology, with examples of successful cases. It includes all the basic and essential techniques for the preparation and re-education of the voice, taking into account the professions that use it as their main working tool, providing tools, experiences and advances in this field, which have also been guaranteed by the teaching staff on the postgraduate diploma, since all of them work in the field. The professional will learn based on professional experience, as well as evidence-based pedagogy, which makes the student's preparation more effective and accurate.

With this postgraduate diploma, you will be able to balance a high intensity program with your professional and personal life, achieving your goals in a simple and real way"

This postgraduate diploma in Biomechanics and Voice Assessment offers you the advantages of a high-level educational, teaching, and technological program. These are some of its most notable features:

• The latest technology in online teaching software
• A highly visual teaching system, supported by graphic and schematic contents that are easy to assimilate and understand
• Practical cases presented by practising experts
• State-of-the-art interactive video systems
• Teaching supported by telepractice
• Continuous updating and recycling systems
• Autonomous learning: full compatibility with other occupations
• Practical exercises for self-evaluation and learning verification
• Support groups and educational synergies: questions to the expert, debate and knowledge forums
• Communication with the teacher and individual reflection work
• Content that is accessible from any fixed or portable device with an Internet connection
• Supplementary documentation databases are permanently available, even after the program

A specific program to provide professionals with the necessary capacity to attend to their vocal needs, preventing and alleviating the problems derived from the intensive use of the voice"

The individuals that collaborated in the creation of this postgraduate diploma are professionals in the sector who will provide students with the greatest compendium of knowledge in both scientific and purely technical disciplines. 

In this way TECH ensures to offer you the updating objective it intends. A multidisciplinary team of trained and experienced professionals in different environments, who will develop the theoretical knowledge in an efficient way, but, above all, will put at the service of the program the practical knowledge derived from their own experience: one of the differential qualities of this specialization program. 

This mastery of the subject is complemented by the effectiveness of the methodological design of this postgraduate diploma in Biomechanics and Voice Assessment. Developed by a multidisciplinary team of experts, it integrates the latest advances in educational technology. In this way, the students will be able to study with a range of comfortable and versatile multimedia tools that will give them the operability they need in their learning process. 

The design of this program is based on Problem-Based Learning: an approach that views learning as a highly practical process. To achieve this remotely, we will use telepractice: with the help of an innovative interactive video system and Learning from an Expert, the student will be able to acquire the knowledge as if they were facing the scenario they are learning at that moment.

A program created and directed by active professionals who are experts in this field of work, which makes this postgraduate diploma a unique opportunity for professional growth"

Our innovative telepractice concept will give you the opportunity to learn through an immersive experience, with a high educational impact"

The postgraduate diploma offers detailed information on the most relevant advances in the specialty from an eminently practical point of view, in a time where accredited knowledge is essential. 

The objective of this program is to offer professionals who work in Voice Therapy, the necessary knowledge and skills to perform their duties using the most advanced protocols and techniques of the moment.

Achievable, quantifiable and highly skilled objectives in a program created to provide useful and advanced voice care tools to teachers"

General Objectives

• Learn the specific anatomical and functional aspects of the phonatory system as a basis for the rehabilitation of vocal pathologies and for vocal work with voice professionals
• Gain in-depth knowledge of the most current diagnostic and treatment techniques
• Delve into the knowledge and analysis of the results obtained in objective voice assessments
• Learn how to implement a correct and complete assessment of vocal function in daily clinical practice
• Know the most important features of the voice and learn to listen to different types of voices in order to know which aspects are altered to guide clinical practice
• Analyze the different possible vocal pathologies and achieve scientific rigor in treatments
• Learn about different approaches to the treatment of vocal pathologies
• Raise awareness of the need for vocal care
• Teach voice therapy work focused on different voice professionals
• Learn the importance of multidisciplinary work in some voice pathologies
• View the voice as a global ability of the person and not as an exclusive act of the phonatory system
• Solve real case studies with current therapeutic approaches based on scientific evidence

Specific Objectives

Module 1. Anatomical, Physiological and Biomechanical Fundamentals of the Voice

• Learn about the phylogenetic origin of the phonatory system
• Learn about the evolutionary development of the human larynx
• Learn the main muscles and the functioning of the respiratory system
• Learn about the main anatomical structures that make up the larynx and how they function
• Learn the histology of the vocal cords
• Analyze the vibratory cycle of the vocal cords
• Analyze the different structures and cavities that form the vocal tract
• Study the different theories that have given answers to how voice is produced
• Study the characteristics of phonatory physiology and its main components
• Gain in-depth knowledge of the different exploratory tests used in the morphofunctional exploration of the larynx
• Learn the instruments needed to perform a morphofunctional assessment of the phonatory system

Module 2. Objective Exploration of the Voice

• Analyze and understand the results obtained with objective screening tests
• Learn in which cases the performance of such objective tests is indicated or not
• Learn concepts of speech acoustics
• Learn the different observable parameters in a spectrogram
• Learn how to analyze a spectrogram
• Know how to collect voice samples for acoustic analysis
• Interpret results obtained in the acoustic analysis of the voice
• Optimally use different acoustic analysis programs

Module 3. Functional Evaluation of the Voice

• Learn to listen to different types of voices with objective criteria
• Apply different audio-perceptual scales in daily practice
• Learn about the different existing vocal function assessment tests
• Know the concept of fundamental frequency and learn how to obtain it from a speech sample
• Know the phonetogram and learn to use it in daily practice
• Calculate vocal functionality indexes
• Perform a complete anamnesis based on patients characteristics
• Learn about additional tests that can guide us in our treatment

A boost to your professional profile that will give you the competitiveness of the best prepared professionals in the labor market"