Dr Rhiannon Pask
ENT surgeon
Clinical and concise; diagnosis before therapy
Voice
Hoarseness has become a pattern and the school is losing patience. Tess learns how the voice works, why teachers are at risk, and how voice therapy and technique protect a working voice — and finds her way back to singing, which she had given up years ago.
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The premise
Hoarseness has become a pattern and the school is losing patience. Tess learns how the voice works, why teachers are at risk, and how voice therapy and technique protect a working voice — and finds her way back to singing, which she had given up years ago.
The protagonist
Tess Mordaunt — Primary teacher whose voice gives out every winter term
The council
Every council member is an original fictional character. None represents, quotes or is endorsed by a real person.
Maya Oduro
speech-and-language therapist (voice)
Practical; technique protects the voice
Jonah Whitley
singing teacher
Expressive; joy is part of recovery
How the story moves
One school year from a lost voice to a sustainable working voice, with her job at stake and a concert at the end.
What readers take away
- How the larynx produces voice
- Common voice disorders in professional voice users
- When hoarseness needs medical assessment
- What laryngoscopy shows
- Voice-therapy techniques
- Projection without strain
- Classroom acoustics and amplification
- Vocal hygiene: hydration, rest and reflux
- Workplace adjustments for voice users
- Recognise red-flag voice symptoms
- Use semi-occluded vocal tract exercises
- Manage a noisy classroom
- Plan voice rest
The books
- 1Hoarse Planned
- 2The clinic Planned
- 3Therapy Planned
- 4The concert Planned
Book titles are working titles and may change before publication. No book is on sale until the complete series is finished, checked and released.