Has anyone here had speech therapy ? I would really like to hear about your experience.
My voice is not the greatest, in fact , on the phone, I always get made as a male if I don't first identify myself as Stephanie. Soooooo today I was looking up speech therapists in the phone book and on-line, and seeing none, in my area I decided to check out one of the local hospitals, and phoned the ear, nose, and throat clinic. I told the receptionist that I was a male to female transsexual, looking for help with my voice, and that I was wondering if they did that sort of thing. Well low and behold, after, being transferred 4 times, I ended up at the speech therapists office.
It turns out that she had done this previously with another transsexual. She seemed knowledgeable, asking me if I was living full time, how far into my transition I was, if I was hrt, was I under medical care, etc... I answered all the questions and she said that If I provided her with a referral from my therapist, and from my doctor give a brief outline of how I was doing she would start therapy. She also said that she would prefer that I wait another 3 months into my hrt to see if it would affect my voice. She explained that the therapy would start with a medical examination requiring that a scope be passed through my nasal passages into my voice box, vocal cords etc.. to see how they are.
She seemed really positive about the whole thing. So the next time I see my doctor and therapist I'll be asking for a referral
Chat later,
Steph
