Tor Spence

Tor Spence is Clinical Director at VoiceFit and founded the service in 2020.  Tor qualified as a speech therapist in 2007 from Newcastle University. She has worked in voice services in the NHS ever since and until July 2022 was employed as Clinical Lead Speech Therapist in the ENT & Upper Airway Services in Oxford. She is now focused on VoiceFit services full time.

Tor believes in the power of voice as a tool for human communication and expressing emotion. She understands that a change to voice quality can have a significant impact on quality of life. She is passionate about helping people overcome complex voice and upper airway disorders that affect health and well-being. 

Tor has developed her specialist skills working with adults and children with dysphonia, chronic cough and inducible laryngeal obstruction. She has extensive experience in voice clinics and working with both ENT and respiratory services. She practises laryngeal manual therapy and uses the VOCAL acupuncture protocol as part of her work with clients.

Tor sees clients at the Forbury Clinic in Reading, Total Health West Berkshire in Newbury and at the Nuffield Manor Hospital in Oxford. She also offers Zoom appointments.

Ariadne Kranios

Ari is a Specialist Speech and Language therapist who works with voice, upper airway and swallowing disorders. She works independently at VoiceFit and also for the NHS. She has excellent experience working with people with voice difficulties and also acquired and progressive neurological conditions. Her varied voice caseload includes professional voice users and singers.

Ari’s passion for voice started during her undergraduate years at Northwestern University Chicago, where she studied theatre, singing and French. She later completed her Masters degree in Speech and Language Therapy at City University in London, graduating in 2019. She has a professional background working in mental health and is passionate about incorporating a holistic approach that utilises a variety of tools into her work with clients.

At VoiceFit, Ari offers Zoom consultations to clients who are looking for help with voice change, throat symptoms and cough.