I did a lot of shouting earlier in the week, and since then I have been able to speak and to sing, but there are certain places in my voice when I speak or sing softly and times when I can produce no sound at all. I also stayed in a cooler room and a smoking room. Will I ever get better?
2007-07-07 06:35:01 · 2 answers · asked by kjb_1991 1 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Respiratory Diseases
What you are experiencing is called "intermittent aphonia", which is caused by vocal cord (not chord) thickening due to swelling. Quieter sounds do not have enough airway pressure to blow the cords open, but there's plenty of airway force to make the cords vibrate with louder sounds. You will get better, but voice rest will be necessary to allow your cords time to heal. No singing, yelling, coughing, humming, throat-clearing, whispering, or loud talking; it's actually better if you talk as little as possible. Drink cool liquids, not cold, as cold beverages will often trigger coughing. Hot beverages do not help, either, as they maintain the swelling in your perilaryngeal structures. Give it a couple of weeks, and you'll be fine.
2007-07-07 10:56:41 · answer #1 · answered by boogeywoogy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm sure you will get over this. I've heard of some famous singers like Celine Dion had Laryngytis from singing all the time
and then having to talk on the phone, so she stopped answering the phone to let her vocal chords have a rest. She's doing fine now and still sings.
2007-07-07 09:23:54 · answer #2 · answered by birdtennis 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋