Zofia Zdanowicz - general and clinical speech therapist

She has experience working with patients of various ages and therapeutic needs, with a particular focus on neurological and surdologopedic rehabilitation. In her work, she focuses on supporting neonatal patients, conducting therapies with infants, children and adults – both in hospitals and in outpatient and home settings.

– Therapy of patients with neurodegenerative diseases and after neurological incidents

– qualification of patients with hearing loss for implantation (truncal and cochlear implants)

– Voice rehabilitation after laryngectomy and in oncological treatment

– early speech therapy intervention

– Voice rehabilitation, including feminization and masculinization of the voice of transgender patients

– Master’s Degree in General and Clinical Speech Therapy – Warsaw Medical University (Master’s thesis with distinction: “Masculinization of voice in transgender people in the process of FtM transition”).

– Bachelor’s degree in linguistics (general and clinical speech therapy) – University of Warsaw (thesis on the influence of gender factor on verbal fluency in children)

Clinical experience:

– Bielański Hospital in Warsaw – therapy of patients with aphasia and dysarthria, cooperation in neurological diagnoses

– WUM University Hospital – surdologopaedic diagnosis and therapy, qualification for implantation, post-phonosurgery care

– AudioPsychoFonology Center in Warsaw – therapy of phonemic hearing by Tomatis method and EEG biofeedback

– The Artist of Speech – speech therapy and psychological office – myofunctional therapy (in Polish and English)

– WUM Central Clinical Hospital – clinical speech therapist, providing therapy to patients after hospitalization

– Massage in speech therapy practice

– Screen the Peds to Feed the Peds®

– Diagnosis and Treatment of CAS Using Dynamic Temporal and Tactile Cueing (DTTC).

– techniques for correcting respiratory pattern disorders and AUN relaxation

– BIS – myofunctional evaluation of the orofacial tract

She is constantly expanding her professional competence, actively participating in conferences and continuing her scientific cooperation with Prof. Kazimierz Niemczyk, MD. In the near future she plans to start an internship at the Rehabilitation Clinic of the Children’s Health Center, focusing on working with the youngest patients.