Her father was employed as a financial director over a number of government bodies relating to the steel industry.
In 1961, she married the poet Tony Connor, with whom she had three children: 2 sons, Samuel and Simon, and a daughter,[1] Rebecca.
in phonetics from University College, London, and in the same year was appointed had of a research team at Middlesex Hospital investigating laryngectomy measurement.
She went on to make appearances on the BBC television show, Tomorrow's World, and lectured at the Royal College of Surgeons, London and in the United States.
She left research in 1988, and founded VoicePower (later renamed Zarbo), training business executives techniques to control their voices during high pressure presentations.