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Laryngitis & Hoarseness
Treatment
Are these Tennessee Tuxedo's Chumley, Yogi Bear,
Bullwinkle, Patrick Star, and Sylvester Stallone
voice exercises
helpful for hoarsness?
9 ways to save your voice (excerpt)
What To Do if You Get Hoarse
by Roger Love
http://www.themorningmouth.com
/9%20Ways%20To%20Save%20Your%20Voice.html
http://greatlakeschorus.org/misc/saveyourvoice.html
What To Do if You Get Hoarse. If you're drinking the amount of water I
recommend, not whispering, not smoking (you thought I'd forgotten about
that one), not clearing your throat like a moose in heat, breathing in
through your nose, cutting back on the caffeine, and warming up your
voice with a few good vocal exercises, you're well on your way to
having a much healthier voice. If however, something happens and you do
get hoarse, I suggest you learn to speak like Yogi Bear. That's right,
as if you weren't already enough of a cartoon character, making that
sound will actually help you lose the hoarseness. Put your finger on
your Adams apple and say the word, "No". Now add that funny Yogi Bear/
Sylvester Stallone in Rocky bassy quality. Did you feel your Adams
apple come down lower in your throat? That's called a "Low Larynx
Sound," and it helps to reduce the swelling of the vocal cords. If you
play around with that for a few minutes, or do the Low Larynx exercises
on my warm up tapes, it'll take care of the hoarse problem and get you
ready to go back on the air in minutes instead of days.
How to Get the Singing Or Speaking Voice You Want By Roger Love, Donna
Frazier
What should I do if I wake up hoarse?
First, swallow. does your throat hurt when you do? If so you may have
an infection that needs treatment. I don't advise doing any exercises
when it hurts you to swallow. Instead, rest your voice. Limit the
amount you speak to what's absolutely necessary, remember your
diaphragmatic breathing, and see your doctor.
For all other levels of hoarseness, the days you wake up sounding
extremely scratchy or gravelly and the sound persists for more than an
hour but your throat doesn't hurt when you swallow: You might be
dealing with edema, swelling of the vocal cords as a result of minor
vocal abuse. Maybe you used your voice improperly at a ball game or in
an argument. Whatever the cause, the problem can be fixed by doing the
general exercises.
As I've mention, the best thing you can do to reduce swelling of the
cords is the low-larynx sound, so add it to the exercises. Start with
the one-octave exercise, using the normal sound of your voice, then do
the exercise again, adding the Bullwinkle/Yogi Bear sound. It may seem
odd, especially if you're used to going silent anytime you feel hoarse,
but this is therapy time. Do the exercises in this way for about ten
minutes, then start removing the low-larynx sound. I'll bet that you'll
feel much better. If not, keep doing the low-larynx sound all the way
through the general warm-up routine.
Types of Acute Laryngitis
http://voiceproblem.org/disorders/laryngitis/types.php
The laryngitis that occurs from allergic exposure usually involves
diffuse inflammation of the entire larynx in a pattern similar to that
seen with contact laryngitis. The entire larynx will appear red, with
mild to moderate swelling. Mucous production is usually increased and
thick, resulting in the appearance of an increased amount of phlegm on
the vocal folds.
Inflammation from allergic laryngitis will persist until the allergen
is completely removed from the system. If repeated or persistent
exposure to the allergen occurs, the laryngitis will persist.
Antihistamine medications can help lessen the response to future
exposures. However, antihistamine medications that are less likely to
have drying side effects, such as loratadine, fexofenadine, cetirizine,
and desloratadine, should be used. Attention to hydration is essential
in the treatment of allergic laryngitis. The excess mucous that is
produced is very thick and viscous in nature, in comparison to the
normal mucous that is produced to help lubricate the vocal folds.
Drinking water can change the composition of this thick mucous, helping
to make it thinner and a better lubricant for the vocal folds.
In some instances, medications such as guaifenesin are needed to help
thin the mucous. Guaifenesin is found in many cough syrup preparations,
but in doses that are too small to have any significant effects on
mucous thickness. Pill forms of guaifenesin work well in cases of
allergic laryngitis to help thin the mucous secretions.
Humidification of the air with a steam or mist humidifier also helps to
maintain good hydration in the larynx.
Navigate the voice Symptom Tree
http://voiceproblem.org/symptomtree/navigate.php
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