High or low pitched voice from laryngitis? What happened?
Laryngitis results in inflammation of the vocal cords, which can make it effortful to produce voice. Our vocal cords need to make complete contact to vibrate and to produce a smooth voice.
If you have inflammation on the vocal cords, your voice is likely to sound strained when you attempt to bring the vocal cords together, and it may sound high pitched as a result of using your false/ventricular vocal cords. In most cases, you may have a low pitched voice when you have laryngitis, and if you are not compensating with your false vocal cords.
You may get into a habit of speaking with effort even when the inflammation has gone down, making it difficult to underdo this tension, and to reverse your compensated way of producing voice.
What can you do to preserve your voice when you have laryngitis?
Dependent on your lifestyle, try periods of voice rest
Drinks lots of water
Try inhaling steam through your mouth
Avoid irritants such as smoking or alcohol
Suck on a sugar free sweet
Avoid whispering, attempt writing instead where possible
If your voice doesn't return to normal, request for your vocal cords to be examined by Ears Nose and Throat (ENT).
Leeanne Mark
L A Mark Speech Therapy
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