Looking after yourself People are a business’s most important resource. Your voice is, arguably, your most important asset. If you don’t look after your voice, who will? It’s something only you can do. Whatever job you do (whether in paid employment, volunteering or as a stay-at-home parent…
Types of speaking environments The Department of Education, Victoria, Australia (DET, 2000), recommends that if you use your voice extensively in the following environments (at work or outside of work), you will likely benefit from arranging for changes to be made to these environments and/or from being…
Three concerns Effective voice production involves at least three things: an appropriate breathing technique to provide the air support required to produce speech (diaphragmatic breathing) easy onset of the vibration of the vocal folds when speaking projecting the voice effortlessly without any strain…
Scope This article provides advice on how to minimize inefficient or harmful vocal habits. Eliminating vocal misuse and abuse Generally, vocal misuse and abuse refers to using the voice in potentially harmful ways and/or exposing the voice to potentially damaging situations, medications, and similar. For…
What is voice? In simple terms, the sound produced in the larynx by the vibration of the vocal folds (vocal cords) is the voice. Certain speech sounds are voiced by this vibration. When the vocal folds are apart they are said to be…
Symptoms of functional dysphonia There are a variety of symptoms associated with functional dysphonia and these differ from person to person. However, those listed below are fairly typical. Of course, you don’t have to experience each one of these to be experiencing a functional voice difficulty.
That happens to me! Indicate the extent to which the following statements apply to you. Use a scale of 1 – 5, where 1 = ‘never’ and 5 = ‘every time I use my voice’. My voice is hoarse / husky / rough / croaky My voice…
Preliminary questions Is my voice difficulty a direct control issue, i.e. is it an issue involving my own behavior that I can do something about? If so, what can I do about this? Is my voice difficulty an indirect control issue, i.e.
