Learn how to perform an Objective Voice Assessment as a tool for the care of the most fundamental teaching instrument"

In order to achieve a complete diagnosis in voice disorders, the physician must be up to date in the different methods used in this field. This postgraduate certificate has been created as a comprehensive collection of knowledge that will bring students up to date on the different forms of approach and diagnosis. Incorporating this specific knowledge into their skills allows them to provide more comprehensive answers to their patients' voice problems.

The medical professionals intervene in the care of their patients' voice in many contexts and situations. Professionals such as broadcasters, journalists, commercials, actors, singers, etc., require knowledge and management of their vocal apparatus, since it is essential for their work. In this sense, it is also important to know 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 structural and functional alterations that may or may not be associated 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 professional work in both teaching and professional communication.

This program offers a very broad view of voice disorders and physiology, with examples of successful cases. It includes all the necessary and basic 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 of the postgraduate certificate, as they all work in this field. Professionals will learn based on professional experience, as well as evidence-based pedagogy, which makes student training more effective and accurate.

With this postgraduate certificate you will be able to combine high intensity training with your personal and professional life, achieving your goals in a simple and real way”

The postgraduate certificate in Objective Voice Assessment contains the most complete and up-to-date academic program on the market. The most important features include:

• Development of more than 75 practical cases presented by experts in Objective Voice Assessment
• The graphic, schematic, and practical contents with which they are created provide scientific and practical information on the disciplines that are essential for professional practice
• New developments in the use of Objective Voice Assessment
• It contains practical exercises where the self-assessment process can be carried out to improve learning
• Algorithm-based interactive learning system for decision-making in the situations that are presented to the student
• With special emphasis on evidence-based methodologies in Objective Voice Assessment
• All of this will be complemented by theoretical lessons, questions to the expert, debate forums on controversial topics, and individual reflection assignments
• Content that is accessible from any fixed or portable device with an internet connection

A high-level training that will allow you to acquire the most useful skills in voice therapy"

It includes in its teaching staff professionals belonging to the field of Objective Voice Assessment who contribute their work experience to this Postgraduate Certificate, in addition to recognized specialists belonging to leading societies and prestigious universities.

Thanks to its multimedia content developed with the latest educational technology, they will allow the professionals a situated and contextual learning, that is to say, a simulated environment that will provide an immersive learning programmed to train in real situations.

The design of this program focuses on Problem-Based Learning, by means of which the professional must try to solve the different professional practice situations that arise throughout the postgraduate certificate. For this purpose, professionals will be assisted by an innovative, interactive video system created by renowned and experienced experts in the field of Speech Therapy with extensive teaching experience.

A program created and directed by active professionals who are experts in this field of work, which makes this postgraduate certificate 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 online postgraduate certificate offers in detail the most relevant advances in the specialty from an eminently practical point of view, in an era in which the accreditation of knowledge plays a fundamental role.
The objective of this program is to provide professionals working in Voice Therapy with the knowledge and skills necessary to perform their activity using the most advanced protocols and techniques available.

The objectives of this program have been designed to ensure that students learn in a stimulating and fast way their goals in an immediate and practical way"

General Objectives

• Learn the specific anatomical and functional aspects of the phonatory system as a basis for the rehabilitation of voice disorders and for voice 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
• Gain knowledge about 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 voice disorders 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 practical cases with current therapeutic approaches based on scientific evidence

Specific Objectives

• 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

A boost to your professional profile that will give you the competitiveness of the best-trained professionals on the job market"