A Non-pharmacological Cough Control Therapy

"Participants will attend four virtual sessions of 45 to 60 minutes of educational and self-management.~Session 1 General assessment Prescription and taught of one cough suppression technique.~Session 2 Cough principles: mechanism, cough reflex, chronic cough, the importance of cough and negative effects of repeated coughing.~Cough control: identify triggers, use cough suppressions and distractions techniques.~Session 3 Breathing pattern retraining and laryngeal hygiene: reinforce nasal breathing and pursed lips breathing as strategies to avoid the urge to cough, identification of risk factors for laryngeal dehydration and hydration education.~Session 4 Reinforcement: Clarification of doubts, techniques' reinforcement and application during daily life situations."