Vocal surgery and beyond - a singer's experience Part 1: vocal injury, the signs & rehab

This Is A Voice

A World Voice Day Special. Jeremy and Gillyanne interview Kate Bassett on her vocal surgery and recovery.
This year's World Voice Day topic is Your Voice Matters. In this 2-Part podcast, singer Kate Bassett shares her story of acute vocal injury, therapy, vocal fold surgery and voice rehabilitation
In Part 1
0:00 stigma and vocal injury
5:13 how the vocal injury happened
6:48 what happened next
9:10 the missing piece of information
11:22 needing more than just voice rest
12.43 going to the voice clinic
17:43 the impact of a voice problem
21.07 the diagnosis and therapy
24:49 habilitating the voice with Gillyanne
28.14 speech therapist or singing teacher - the difference
30:05 the first gig after the injury
33.22 where to find more on Kate's case history
It's a fascinating and generous story that could happen to any singer
(spoiler alert, everything is now fine)
In part 2 (Season 7 Episode 6) Kate will be sharing why she opted for vocal surgery, going through the process, why a conversation about rucksacks tipped the balance, and how Gillyanne helped her back into full-time gigging within 3 months.
Mentioned in this episode:
Our recommended SOVT (semi-occluded vocal tract) course with Gillyanne, Jeremy and Oren Boder - SOVT part 1 with the Bonus voice science videos in the Learning Lounge Essentials here https://vocalprocess.co.uk/learning-lounge/learning-lounge-level-1-essentials/
SOVT part 2 in the Learning Lounge Deep Dive here https://vocalprocess.co.uk/learning-lounge/learning-lounge-level-2-deep-dive/
12 More Hours to Better Singing Teaching course (part of our Teacher Pathway) is here https://vocalprocess.co.uk/teacher-accreditation/12-more-hours-to-better-singing-teaching/
Find out more about Kate Bassett here https://Katebassettsinger.co.uk or Instagram @katebassettsinger

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