Teaching · Speech & Language

Short practice, most days, with effort you can see change.

Log the exercises your speech-language pathologist assigned, rate voice effort before and after, and check off the day’s vocal care. The summary shows minutes, the change in effort and anything to bring to the next session.

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The practice log

One record per day. Use initials or a code, never a name. The example is made up.

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What you get

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What you finish with
A record of each practice day: exercises, minutes, effort before and after, habits kept, symptoms, and a short list to bring to the next session.
Who it is for
Speech-language pathologists who assign voice practice, and the students, clients and families who do it between sessions.
Format
Browser form filled in after practice. Several saved days per person; printed with the summary or as a blank log; CSV with one row per day or the exercises table; export and import a file.
Access
Free. No account and no sign-in. 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.
less effort, a little each day
Drawn for this page. Straw work, water and short practice most days, with effort tracked before and after.

How to use it

  1. Start a record with initials or a code and the date.
  2. Add each exercise you did, with sets and minutes.
  3. Rate voice effort before and after practice.
  4. Check off the vocal care habits for the day.
  5. Mark any symptoms and bring the summary to the next session.

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What the log is for

Why effort, not a score

How hard talking feels is something the person can rate every day, and it often changes before the voice sounds different. Rating it before and after practice shows whether the exercises are helping, and flags any that make talking harder.

When to stop

Practice should not hurt. Hoarseness that has not improved within about four weeks needs a doctor’s look, ideally an ear, nose and throat doctor, and sooner with pain, a lost voice, or trouble breathing or swallowing. Voice therapy normally follows a medical examination of the larynx.

What this log is not

It does not assign exercises or judge voice quality. The speech-language pathologist plans therapy; the log brings back what happened between sessions.

Sources

  1. American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Practice Portal: Voice Disorders (treatment approaches, vocal hygiene, and the recommendation for a laryngeal examination).
  2. Stachler, R. J., et al. (2018). Clinical Practice Guideline: Hoarseness (Dysphonia) (Update). Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, 158(1 suppl), S1 to S42.
  3. Titze, I. R. (2006). Voice training and therapy with a semi-occluded vocal tract: rationale and scientific underpinnings. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 49(2), 448 to 459.
  4. National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, Taking Care of Your Voice (fact sheet).

The example is made up. This log records practice the speech-language pathologist assigns; it is not medical advice. Support: team@caveatacademic.com.