Teaching · Speech & Language

See whether the voice is getting better, and where it is worst.

Rate roughness, breathiness, strain, pitch and loudness at each observation, with the setting and task. The log compares first against latest, finds the hardest setting, and flags when a medical exam is due.

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Included with Caveat Classroom and Whole-school licenses. Or get it in the Speech & Language toolkit, $79 for 81 items.

The voice log

One log per student; add an observation each time you listen. The example is made up.

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What you get

Teaching · Speech & Language$19 · included with Classroom and Whole-school licenses

What you finish with
Feature-by-feature change from the first to the latest observation, averages by setting, and the referral and warning-sign flags.
Who it is for
School speech-language pathologists, speech-language pathology assistants working under supervision, and clinical fellows.
Format
Browser form. One saved log per student; printed with its summary or as a blank form; CSV of the observations; export and import a file.
Access
$19 one-time, yours on every device you sign in on; the tool opens once you are signed in with it. Included with Caveat Classroom and Whole-school licenses. Also in the Speech & Language toolkit ($79) and the Teaching Suite pass ($199), and 1 more bundle. Everything you type stays in this browser; nothing is sent to Caveat.
Where it lives
The Speech & Language space in Caveat Teaching.
Support
Questions about an order, access or a correction: team@caveatacademic.com.
listen the same way each time
Drawn for this page. Ratings mean more when the setting and task are noted, so the first and latest can be compared fairly.

How to use it

  1. Start a log with a code or initials and the date you started.
  2. Record whether a laryngeal exam has been done, and any warning signs.
  3. At each observation, note the setting and task, then rate the five features.
  4. Use the same task when you can, so observations compare fairly.
  5. Review the summary before progress reports and when deciding on referral.

Start a voice log

Before you rate

Exam first

Voice therapy should follow a laryngeal examination by a physician, so the cause is known. A change in voice lasting about four weeks, or warning signs at any time, is a reason to refer.

The ratings

The 0 to 3 scale here is a simple tracking log. For a formal perceptual rating, use a published protocol and its own scoring.

What it is not

Not a diagnosis or an evaluation. It tracks what you hear over time so the trend, and the setting that strains the voice most, are clear.

Sources

  1. American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. Practice Portal: Voice Disorders, asha.org.
  2. Stachler RJ and others. Clinical Practice Guideline: Hoarseness (Dysphonia), update. Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, 2018.
  3. Kempster GB and others. Consensus Auditory-Perceptual Evaluation of Voice: development of a standardized clinical protocol. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 2009.
  4. Totals add the five 0 to 3 ratings (0 to 15); the hardest setting is the one with the highest average total.

The example student and observations are made up. Support: team@caveatacademic.com.