Contact details Ways to Help your Voice. DO AVOID… Central Appointments Bureau More than 4 Drink lots of water or diluted juice Voice Problems Speech & Language Therapy caffeinated drinks a day: alcohol and Bishop Auckland General Hospital fizzy drinks (Dysphonia) Cockton Hill Road Talking in noisy Use your voice in a relaxed, easy Bishop Auckland environments and way. Monitor it if feels strained County Durham your voice and rest it when possible. ‘pushing’ Tel: 01388 455200 Throat-clearing Swallow or take a sip of water if you feel a sensation in your throat Continuing to speak Be aware of your breathing. Ideally when the breath has your shoulders and chest should be ran-out relaxed and your breathing deep from your diaphragm Let us know your thoughts, Holding tension in Notice if you are holding tension in your shoulders, neck the body and try and release it. Just and jaw taking some deep breaths can do this. Medicated throat Suck sweets or chew chewing-gum lozenges, these can in your mouth and throat feel dry. be drying Inhale plain steam to moisten the Information Leaflet back of the throat. How to contact us Speech and Language Therapy Departments Office hours: Monday-Friday 9am - 4.30pm University Hospital of North Durham What is dysphonia? Telephone: 0191 3332591 Air from the lungs is the power supply for the voice. The vocal folds (vocal cords) sit Darlington Memorial Hospital Date Published: May 2017 within the larynx. At rest they sit open and Telephone: 01325 743152 Date of Review: May 2020 as air passes through them they come Responsibility: Speech & Language Therapy together, vibrate and make sound. We Reference No: PIL/CG/0495 Useful contacts Version: 1 shape this sound with our mouth, lips and tongue to make words.
Ways to Help your Voice. AVOID… DO More than 4 caffeinated drinks a day: alcohol and fizzy drinks Drink lots of water or diluted juice Talking in noisy environments and ‘pushing’ your voice Use your voice in a relaxed, easy way. Monitor it if feels strained and rest it when possible. Throat-clearing Swallow or take a sip of water if you feel a sensation in your throat Continuing to speak when the breath has ran-out Be aware of your breathing. Ideally your shoulders and chest should be relaxed and your breathing deep from your diaphragm Holding tension in your shoulders, neck and jaw Notice if you are holding tension in the body and try and release it. Just taking some deep breaths can do this. Medicated throat lozenges, these can be drying Suck sweets or chew chewing-gum in your mouth and throat feel dry. Inhale plain steam to moisten the back of the throat. How to contact us Speech and Language Therapy Departments Office hours: Monday-Friday 9am - 4.30pm University Hospital of North Durham Telephone: 0191 3332591 Darlington Memorial Hospital Telephone: 01325 743152 Useful contacts Contact details Central Appointments Bureau Speech & Language Therapy Bishop Auckland General Hospital Cockton Hill Road Bishop Auckland County Durham Tel: 01388 455200 Let us know your thoughts, Date Published: May 2017 Date of Review: May 2020 Responsibility: Speech & Language Therapy Reference No: PIL/CG/0495 Version: 1 Voice Problems (Dysphonia) Information Leaflet What is dysphonia? Air from the lungs is the power supply for the voice. The vocal folds (vocal cords) sit within the larynx. At rest they sit open and as air passes through them they come together, vibrate and make sound. We shape this sound with our mouth, lips and tongue to make words.
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