Staff Profile

Introduction

My academic base is the Medical School (Institute of health and Society). My clinical base (head of department) is Dept of Speech, Voice and Swallowing (Directorate of Otolaryngology)at Freeman Hospital Newcastle upon Tyne.

My main clinical and research interests are assessment, differential diagnosis and treatment of voice disorders. I have published extensively in the field of voice therapy effectiveness. I am also involved in a number of research projects concerning voice, speech and swallowing disorders associated with head and neck cancer.

Roles and Responsibilities

PhD Supervisor for 6 current projects 

Course Director
Speech & Swallowing MSC

Qualifications

BA(Hons), Dip CCS, PhD, FRCSLT

Research Interests

Voice Disorders, Voice Pathology, Acquired ENT Swallowing Disorders

Other Expertise

Presentation skills for scientific meetings,
Research Supervisor,
Consultant to Royal Shakespeare Company

Current Work

Course director for Master's programme in Clinical Research (Dysphonia/Dysphagia).

Funded research on a number of projects including:
Voice complications in thyroid surgery
Laryngeal endoscopy applications (diagnosis and treatment)
Voice outcome measurements
Speech therapy treatments in dysphonia
Endoscopic evaluation of dysphagia
CBT treatment for dysphonia
Dysphagia in post-radiation H/N cancer patients
Alaryngeal voice quality

Future Research

Artificial larynx development for laryngectomees
ACoustic measurement variables in healthy voices

Postgraduate Supervision

Currently:
1 M. Phil students
4 MSc (research) students
4 Ph.D students

Esteem Indicators

Over 30 invited international guest lectures and key note addresses

Course faculty of over 15 national and international conferences

Voice and Speech Consultant to The Royal Shakespeare Company.

National clinical advisor to Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists

Consultant in Voice Pathology to The National Otolaryngological Clinical Trials Office.

Ex-Chairman of Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists’ Programme for Research and Clinical Effectiveness.

Funding

2 Wellcome Trust grants,
1 MRC research fellowship,
1 Dept of Health research fellowship,
1 Cancer UK grant,
6 other substantial grants

Keywords

Speech, Voice, Voice Pathology

Undergraduate Teaching

Module leader in Laryngectomy (Dept of Speech)
Module tacher in Voice Disorders (dept of Speech)

Postgraduate Teaching

Clinical Director of Master's programme in Clinical Research (Dysphonia/Dysphagia)

• Wilson JA, Carding PN, Patterson J. Dysphagia after nonsurgical head and neck cancer treatment. In: American Academy of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery: Annual Meeting. 2010, Boston, Massachusetts, USA: Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery: Mosby, Inc.
• Patterson JM, Hildreth A, McColl E, Carding PN, Hamilton D, Wilson JA. The clinical application of the 100 mL water swallow test in head and neck cancer. Oral Oncology 2011, 47(3), 180-184.
• Roe J, Carding P, Dwivedi R, Kazi R, Rhys-Evans P, Harrington K, Nutting C. Swallowing outcomes following Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT) for head & neck cancer - A systematic review. Oral Oncology 2010, 46(10), 727-733.
• Steen IN, MacKenzie K, Carding PN, Webb AL, Deary IJ, Wilson JA. Optimising outcome assessment of voice interventions, II: Sensitivity to change of self-reported and observer-rated measures. Journal of Laryngology and Otology 2008, 122(1), 46-51.
• Mathieson L, Carding P. Physiology of the Larynx. In: Gleeson M, ed. Scott-Brown's Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery. London: Hodder Arnold, 2008, pp.2155-2163.
• Meek P, Carding PN, Howard DH, Lennard TWJ. Voice change following thyroid and parathyroid surgery. Journal of Voice 2008, 22(6), 765-772.
• Hamilton DW, Sachidananda R, Carding PN, Wilson JA. Bioplastique(TM) injection laryngoplasty: voice performance outcome. Journal of Laryngology and Otology 2007, 121(5), 472-475.
• Daniilidou P, Carding P, Wilson JA, Drinnan MJ, Deary V. Cognitive behavioral therapy for functional dysphonia: A pilot study. Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology 2007, 116(10), 717-722.
• Gamberini L, Carding PN, Drinnan M. Comparing two models of voice care delivery. Clinical Otolaryngology 2007, 32(2), 122-125.
• Karkos PD, Yates PD, Carding PN, Wilson JA. Is laryngopharyngeal reflux related to functional dysphonia?. Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology 2007, 116(1), 24-29.
• Carding P. Occupational voice disorders: Is there a firm case for industrial injuries disablement benefit?. Logopedics Phoniatrics Vocology 2007, 32(1), 47-48.
• Webb A, Carding P, Deary I, MacKenzie K, Steen IN, Wilson JA. Optimising outcome assessment of voice interventions, I: Reliability and validity of three self-reported scales. Journal of Laryngology and Otology 2007, 121(8), 763-767.
• Fletcher HA, Drinnan MJ, Carding PN. Voice care knowledge among clinicians and people with healthy voices or dysphonia. Journal of Voice 2007, 21(1), 80-91.
• Jones SM, Carding PN, Drinnan MJ. Exploring the relationship between severity of dysphonia and voice-related quality of life. Clinical Otolaryngology 2006, 31(5), 411-417.
• Gillivan-Murphy P, Drinnan M, O'Dwyer T, Ridha H, Carding P. The Effectiveness of a Voice Treatment Approach for Teachers With Self-Reported Voice Problems. Journal of Voice 2006, 20(3), 423-431.
• Carding P, Roulstone S, Northstone K, ALSPAC Study Team. The Prevalence of Childhood Dysphonia: A Cross-Sectional Study. Journal of Voice 2006, 20(4), 623-630.
• Loughran S, Calder N, MacGregor FB, Carding P, MacKenzie K. Quality of life and voice following endoscopic resection or radiotherapy for early glottic cancer. Clinical Otolaryngology 2005, 30(1), 42-47.
• Lee M, Drinnan M, Carding P. The reliability and validity of patient self-rating of their own voice quality. Clinical Otolaryngology 2005, 30(4), 357-361.
• Wilson JA, Carding PN, Steen N, MacKenzie K, Deary IJ. Comparing the VoiSS symptom scale (VoiSS) and the Voice Handicap Index: structure and content. Otolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery 2004, 29(2), 169-174.
• Rattenbury HJ, Carding PN, Finn P. Evaluating the effectiveness and efficiency of voice therapy using transnasal flexible laryngoscopy: A randomized controlled trial. Journal of Voice 2004, 18(4), 522-533.
• Robinson HR, Drinnan MJ, Carding PN. Laryngeal function therapy for patients with a unilateral vocal fold paralysis. Journal of Laryngology and Otology 2004, (submitted).
• Deary I, Carding PN, Wilson JA. Short, self-report voice symptom scales: Psychometric characteristics of the VHI and VPQ. Otolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery 2004, 131(3), 232-235.
• Mathias T, Drinnan MJ, Carding PN. The effects of two realy vocal care programmes on patients with dysphonia. Journal of Voice 2004, (in preparation). In Preparation.
• Carding P, Steen IN, Webb A, Mackenzie K, Deary I, Wilson J. The reliability and sensitivity to change of acoustic measures of voice quality. Clinical Otolaryngology and Allied Sciences 2004, 29(5), 538-544.
• Webb AL, Carding PN, Deary IJ, MacKenzie K, Steen N, Wilson JA. The reliability of three perceptual evaluation scales for dysphonia. European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology 2004, 261(8), 429-434.
• Wilson JA, Webb A, Carding PN, Steen IN, Mackenzie K, Deary IJ. The Voice Symptom Scale (VoiSS) and the Vocal Handicap Index (VHI): A comparison of structure and content. Clinical Otolaryngology and Allied Sciences 2004, 29(2), 169-174.
• Lewison G, Carding P. Evaluating UK research in speech and language therapy. International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders 2003, 38(1), 65-84.
• Leslie P, Carding PN, Wilson JA. Investigation and management of chronic dysphagia. British Medical Journal 2003, 326(7386), 433-436.
• Deary I, Wilson J, Carding P, Mackenzie K. The dysphonic voice heard by me, you and it: Differential associations with personality and psychological distress. Clinical Otolaryngology 2003, 28(4), 374-378.
• Carding P. Voice pathology clinics in the UK. Clinical Otolaryngology 2003, 28(6), 477-478.
• Carding PN. Voice pathology in the United Kingdom. British Medical Journal 2003, 327(7414), 514-515.
• Deary I, Wilson J, Carding P, MacKenzie K. VoiSS: A patient-derived Voice Symptom Scale. Journal of Psychosomatic Research 2003, 54(5), 483-489.
• Sellars C, Carding P, Deary IJ, MacKenzie K, Wilson JA. Characterization of effective primary voice therapy for dysphonia. Journal of Laryngology and Otology 2002, 116(12), 1014-1018.
• Williams N, Carding PN, ed. Occupational Voice Loss. London: Informa Healthcare, 2005.
• Carding PN. Rehabilitation of speech and swallowing. In: Effective Head and Neck Cancer Management. Consensus document of the British Association of Otorhinolaryngologists Head and Neck Surgeons. The Royal College of Surgeons. London WC2A 3PN, 2002.
• Carding PN, Hillman R. More randomised controlled studies in speech and language therapy. British Medical Journal 2001, 323(7314), 645-646.
• Sama A, Carding P, Price S, Kelly P, Wilson JA. The clinical features of functional dysphonia. Laryngoscope 2001, 111(3), 458-463.
• Carding PN. Evaluating Voice Therapy: Measuring the Effectiveness of Voice Therapy. United Kingdom: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2000.
• Carding PN. The Speech and Language Therapist's Assessment of the Dysphonic Patient. In: Freeman, M;Fawcus, M, ed. Voice Disorders and Their Management. London: Whurr Publishers, 2000, pp.69-88.
• Carding P, Horsley I, Docherty G. A study of the effectiveness of voice therapy in the treatment of 45 patients with nonorganic dysphonia. Journal of Voice 1999, 13(1), 72-104.
• PN Carding. Disorders of the voice and measurement of laryngeal function. In: AS Jones, DE Phillips and FJM Hilgers, ed. Diseases of the Head and Neck, Nose and Throat. Arnold Publishers: London, 1998.
• Carding P, Horsley I, Docherty G. The effectiveness of voice therapy for patients with non-organic dysphonia. Clinical Otolaryngology and Allied Sciences 1998, 23(4), 310-318.
• Jeannon J, Carding P, Wilson J. Vocim analysis of laryngeal images: Is breathiness related to the glottic area?. Clinical Otolaryngology and Allied Sciences 1998, 23(4), 351-353.
• Johnson I , PN Carding, Heywood S and Relf G. A system for measuring the larynx endoscopically. Clinical Otolaryngology 1996, 21, 127-135.
• Carding PN and Livesey JR. Puberphonia or the male voice that will not break. Australian Voice 1996, 8, 34-38.
• Livesey JR and Carding PN. Combined glottography: analysis of vocal cord paralysis before and after Teflon injection. Clinical Otolaryngology 1995, 20, 423-428.
• Hill J and Carding PN. Mean airflow rates in laryngeal polyposis. Clinical Otolaryngology 1993, 18, 121-124.
• Carding PN and Horsley I. The effectiveness of speech therapy in the treatment of non- organic voice disorders. European J Disorders Communication 1992, 27, 137-158.
• Carding PN, Murty GE and Welch AR. Speech therapy and dysphonia. Clinical Otolaryngology 1990, 15, 493-495.
• Deary V, McColl EM, Carding PN, Miller T, Wilson JA. A psychosocial intervention for the management of functional dysphonia: complex intervention development and pilot randomised trial. BMC Pilot and Feasibility Studies 2018, (4), 46.
• Hurren A, Miller N, Carding P. Perceptual assessment of tracheoesophageal voice quality: development of a reliable and valid tool. Journal of Voice 2018. In Press.
• Patterson JM, McColl E, Carding PN, Wilson JA. Swallowing beyond six years post (chemo)radiotherapy for head and neck cancer; a cohort study. Oral Oncology 2018, 83, 53-58.
• Gillivan-Murphy P, Miller N, Carding P. Voice Tremor in Parkinson's Disease: An Acoustic Study. Journal of Voice 2019, 33(2), 379-381.
• Pedersen A, Wilson JA, McColl E, Carding PN, Patterson J. Swallowing outcome measures in head and neck cancer – how do they compare?. Oral Oncology 2016, 52, 104-108.
• Roe JWG, Carding PN, Drinnan MJ, Harrington KJ, Nutting CM. Swallowing performance and tube feeding status in patients treated with parotid-sparing intensity-modulated radiotherapy for head and neck cancer. Head and Neck 2016, 38(Suppl. 1), E1436-E1444.
• Watson G, O'Hara J, Carding P, Lecouturier J, Stocken D, Fouweather T, Wilson JA. TOPPITS: Trial Of Proton Pump Inhibitors in Throat Symptoms. Study protocol for a randomised controlled trial. BMC Trials 2016, 17, 175.
• Gillivan-Murphy P, Carding P, Miller N. Vocal tract characteristics in Parkinson's disease. Current Opinion in Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery 2016, 24(3), 175-182.
• Patterson JM, McColl E, Wilson J, Carding P, Rapley T. Head and neck cancer patients' perceptions of swallowing following chemoradiotherapy. Supportive Care in Cancer 2015, 23(12), 3531-3538.
• Roe JWG, Drinnan MJ, Carding PN, Harrington KJ, Nutting CM. Patient-reported outcomes following parotid-sparing intensity-modulated radiotherapy for head and neck cancer. How important is dysphagia?. Oral Oncology 2014, 50(12), 1182-1187.
• Patterson JM, McColl E, Carding PN, Hildreth AJ, Kelly C, Wilson JA. Swallowing in the first year after chemoradiotherapy for head and neck cancer: Clinician- and patient-reported outcomes. Head and Neck 2014, 36(3), 352-358.
• Patterson JM, Rapley T, Carding PN, Wilson JA, McColl E. Head and neck cancer and dysphagia; caring for carers. Psycho-Oncology 2013, 22(8), 1815-1820.
• Gould J, Waugh J, Carding P, Drinnan M. A New Voice Rating Tool for Clinical Practice. Journal of Voice 2012, 26(4), E163-E170.
• Roe JWG, Carding PN, Rhys-Evans PH, Newbold KL, Harrington KJ, Nutting CM. Assessment and management of dysphagia in patients with head and neck cancer who receive radiotherapy in the United Kingdom - A web-based survey. Oral Oncology 2012, 48(4), 343-348.
• Deary V, Miller T, Carding P, McColl E, Wilson J. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Functional Dysphonia: Development of a Complex Intervention. In: Resiliance and Health” : 26th Conference of the European Health Psychology Society. 2012, Prague, Czech Republic: Routledge.
• Paleri V, Carding P, Chatterjee S, Kelly C, Wilson JA, Welch A, Drinnan M. Voice outcomes after concurrent chemoradiotherapy for advanced nonlaryngeal head and neck cancer: A prospective study. Head and Neck 2012, 34(12), 1747-1752.
• Wilson JA, Carding PN, Patterson JM. Dysphagia after nonsurgical head and neck cancer treatment. Otolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery 2011, 145(5), 767-771.
• Bos-Clark M, Carding P. Effectiveness of voice therapy in functional dysphonia: where are we now?. Current Opinion in Otolaryngology & Head and Neck Surgery 2011, 19(3), 160-164.
• Patterson J, Wilson JA, Carding PN, McColl E. Head and neck cancer and dysphagia; caring for the carers. 2011, Clinical Rehabilitation.
• O'Hara J, Wilson JA, Miller T, Carding PN, Deary V. Relationship between fatigue, perfectionism, and functional dysphonia. Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery 2011, 144(6), 921-926.
• Brockmann M, Drinnan MJ, Storck C, Carding P. Reliable jitter and shimmer measurements in voice clinics: the relevance of vowel, gender, vocal intensity and fundamental frequency effects in a typical clinical task. Journal of Voice 2011, 25(1), 44-53.
• Patterson J, Carding PN, McColl EMM, Wilson JA. Dysaphagia after nonsurgical head and neck cancer treatment. In: 8th Congress of the European Laryngological Society. 2010, Vienna, Austria: European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology: Springer.
• Wilson JA, O'Hara J, Carding PN, Miller T, Deary V. Fatigue and hoarseness: a new link. In: American Association of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery: Annual Meeting. 2010, Boston, Massachusetts, USA: Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery: Mosby, Inc.
• Carding PN, Rattenbury H. Videolaryngeal endoscopy and the role of the voice pathologist. Journal of Laryngology & Otology 2003. Submitted.
• Patterson J, Owen S, Hurren A, Carding PN. Rehabilitation in Head and Neck Cancer. In: ENT UK, ed. Effective Head and Neck Cancer Management: Third Consensus Document. London, UK: British Association of Otorhinolaryngologists, 2002.
• Carding P, Hillman R. More randomised controlled studies in speech and language therapy - Complex behavioural interventions can be evaluated. British Medical Journal 2001, 323(7314), 645-646.
• Carding P, Carlson E, Epstein R, Mathieson L, Shewell C. Re: Evaluation of voice quality [1]. International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders 2001, 36(1), 127-134.
• Carding P, Welch A, Owen S, Stafford F. Surgical voice restoration. LANCET 2001, 357(9267), 1463-1464.
• Carding P, Carlson E, Epstein R, Mathieson L, Shewell C. Formal perceptual evaluation of voice quality in the United Kingdom. Logopedics Phoniatrics Vocology 2000, 25(3), 133-138.
• Carding P. Managing dysphonia caused by misuse and overuse. British Medical Journal 2000, 321(7276), 1544-1545.
• Carding P, Wade A. Managing dysphonia caused by misuse and overuse - Accurate diagnosis and treatment is essential when the working voice stops working. British Medical Journal 2000, 321(7276), 1544.
• Carding P, Raz Y. Paradoxical vocal cord movement: A rare condition that is likely to be misdiagnosed and mistreated. Clinical Otolaryngology and Allied Sciences 2000, 25(4), 241-243.
• Hajioff D, Rattenbury H, Carrie S, Carding P, Wilson J. The effect of Isshiki type 1 thyroplasty on quality of life and vocal performance. Clinical Otolaryngology & Allied Sciences 2000, 25(5), 418-422.
• Loughran S, McKee G, Carding P. Tracheo-oesophageal puncture by retrograde passage of a gastroscope via mini-laparotomy and gastrotomy. Journal of Laryngology and Otology 1999, 113(6), 564-565.
• Carding P. Vocal pathologies: Diagnosis, treatment and case studies. International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders 1999, 34(3), 358-358.
• Abdel-Aziz MF, El-Hak NAG, Carding PN. Thyroplasty for functional rehabilitation of the incompetent larynx. Journal of Laryngology Otology 1998, 112(12), 1172-1175.
• Carrie S, Livesey JR, Carding PN, Birchall JP, Welch AR. A comparison of combined glottography in men and women. Clinical Otolaryngology 1993, 18(6), 505-507.
• Livesey JR, Carding PN, Carrie S, Kelly PJ, Welch AR, Birchall JP. An assessment of the reproducibility of combined glottography in a clinical setting. Clinical Otolaryngology 1993, 18(6), 500-504.