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Sona Speech Therapy

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Welcome, and is this for you?

What this series is, who it is for, and the signs that mean seeing a doctor comes first.

With Sacha Allnatt, Speech-Language Therapist, NZSTA #12789.

Is this series right for you?

This series is for

  • Adults with a long-standing dry, irritable cough
  • A cough your medical team has already checked and diagnosed
  • People who have seen a respiratory physician

This series is not for

  • A cough that is new or undiagnosed. Please see your GP for a referral first
  • Children. This series is for adults only

Please see a doctor before anything else if you have

  • Coughing up blood
  • Shortness of breath or difficulty breathing
  • Chest pain, fever or night sweats
  • Losing weight without meaning to
  • A hoarse voice for more than several weeks
  • Difficulty swallowing
  • Any lumps in your neck

In New Zealand you can call Healthline at any time for medical advice. In an emergency, call 111 or visit your ED.

The rest of the series

7 modules, worked through step by step. What a chronic cough actually is, why it keeps going, and the techniques that settle it down.

  1. Welcome, and is this for you?

    Free Watching now

    What this series is, who it is for, and the signs that mean seeing a doctor comes first.

    2:11

  2. What a chronic cough actually is

    What is going on in a throat that has become oversensitive, and why the workup matters.

    4:57

  3. Why you keep coughing

    How coughing feeds itself, and why a dry cough clears nothing.

    2:44

  4. Your medical team

    The checks worth having before you start practising.

    2:11

  5. Catching the urge

    Three things to do the moment a cough starts to build.

    6:59

  6. Breathing, and letting go of throat tension

    Calming the baseline so the urge arrives less often.

    4:36

  7. Everyday throat care

    The daily habits that leave your throat less irritable.

    5:30

  8. Making it stick

    Tracking your progress, and keeping the ground you gain.

    5:04
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This series is education, not medical treatment. It works alongside your medical team, never instead of it, and nothing in it replaces being properly seen and assessed. Sacha has not examined you or reviewed your medical history. In New Zealand you can call Healthline at any time for medical advice. In an emergency, call 111 or visit your ED.