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What’s good and bad for your voice

Avoid vocal abusive and misuse behaviours like:

  • Shouting / yelling / screaming
  • Speaking over loud noise for a long period
  • Prolonged use of unconventional vocal sounds – like grunting, growls, imitating animals or machine noises.
  • Throat clearing
  • Smoking
  • Speaking or singing with tension

Some things that’s beneficial for your voice:

  • Adequate hydration is central to healthy vocal fold function.
  • Silent cough
  • Voice rest
  • Vocal warm-ups before speaking for a long time (example before teaching, or giving a presentation, or singing.
  • If you’re a professional voice user, specific vocal exercises will strengthen the vocal cord muscles which will benefit endurance and limit vocal fatigue.
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