Chronic cough/Chronic throat clearing
  • Symptoms of uncontrollable coughing spells when laughing, eating, talking, or just doing nothing have experienced significant improvement. Some experienced improvement despite having 18 - 40 year histories with their symptoms.
Parkinsons disease
  • All clients (>200) with Parkinsons disease were unaware of how much their voice softened and how their facial expression reduced(flat affect).  Video and audio recordings were used to demonstrate the changes. Treatment greatly improved their speaking intensity, intelligibility, and affect in most cases.* 
  • Those who participate in maintenance programs are better today then they were prior to treatment years ago.*
  • Caregivers are repeatedly relieved to finally receive an explanation that make sense as to why their family member speaks quietly, why they are appearing to choke or cough when eating, and why some strategies don't work and why some do.*
  • Those who were hospitalized were advised to be placed on Hospice due swallowing issues, weight loss, or generalized weakness following surgery. Family fought to have client receive treatment. Clients voice and swallowing abilities were restored and client was given a much better quality of life for their remaining life of months to years.*
Swallowing disorders / Aspiration pneumonia
  • Client in their 90's whose progress was limited by depression and recurrent aspiration pneumonia from severe dysphagia and dysphonia following cervical vertebrae fracture was told by family physicians death was imminent.  Progress was limited by client deliberately ignoring precautions despite normal cognitive functioning and great memory.  Client found motivation to live again and take therapy more seriously when I transitioned the focus of treatment to helping them find PURPOSE in living.  Client lived an additional 6 years beyond initial prognosis.
Stroke
  • Patients who were told would never eat again post stroke, returned to eating in less than a month.*
Vocal cord dysfunction (VCD) / Exercise Induced laryngeal obstruction (EILO)
  • Athletes who were experiencing wheezing, shortness of breath, dizziness during practice and competition were forced to stop competing saw a reduction in their symptoms or near complete resolution with "McKeon Method."  Treatment does exist beyond rescue breathing techniques that actually prevent the symptoms from occurring in the first place.*
Voice Disorders
  • Voices that have been hoarse for years s/p radiation treatment from throat cancer, were restored in one session.*
  • Clients with vocal fold weakness post intubation or paralysis had their voices restored in less than 5 sessions.*
  • Age related atrophy of the vocal folds that resulted in a softening of the voice and lowering of volume lead to social isolation and depression. A simple explanation of what was happening and why changed their perspective from "people don't want to talk to me" to "people cannot hear me and there is something I can do about it."


* Everybody's situation is different and will require an assessment to make an accurate prognosis for improvement*