Learn how to perform a Functional and Pathological Voice Assessment that will allow you to implement voice therapy measures for its care and maintenance of its functionality"

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 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 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.

This type of academic education increases professionals’ 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 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.

The approach to functional pathologies, from their assessment, are the core of study of this postgraduate certificate focused on clinical practice"

This postgraduate certificate in Functional and Pathological Voice Assessment contains the most complete and up-to-date educational program on the market. The most important features include:

• Development of more than 75 practical cases presented by experts in Functional and Pathological 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 Functional and Pathological 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 Functional and Pathological Voice Assessment
• All this will be complemented with theoretical lessons, questions to the expert, discussion forums on controversial issues and individual reflection assignments.
• Content that is accessible from any fixed or portable device with an Internet connection

Disorder prevention programs and Voice Therapy applied to use in different contexts are crucial elements for the health, well-being and development of any speaker"

It includes in its teaching staff professionals belonging to the field of Functional and Pathological Voice Assessment who bring to this program the experience of their work, as well as recognized specialists belonging to reference 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 professionals 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 objective is to offer professionals who use their voice as a tool, a more efficient way of working that helps them to maintain its optimal use"

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 case studies with current therapeutic approaches based on scientific evidence

Specific Objectives

• 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
• Take a complete anamnesis based on patients’ characteristics
• Learn about additional tests that can guide us in our treatment
• Differentiating normal voice from pathological voice
• Differentiate between the concepts of euphonia and dysphonia
• Learn to detect early symptoms/traits of dysphonia through listening
• Know the different types of voices and their characteristics
• Analyze the different types of functional dysphonia
• Analyze the different types of congenital organic dysphonia
• Analyze the different types of acquired organic dysphonia
• Analyze the different types of organic-functional dysphonia
• Be able to identify the observed vocal pathology in an image
• Learn how to analyze and classify a voice according to its audible acoustic features

A unique specialization program that will allow you to acquire advanced training in this field”