Why do I keep losing my voice from teaching?
Extended talking and projecting to large groups causes progressive weekly voice strain that can return at the start of every school year. This recurring loss of voice creates anxiety about potential permanent damage to vocal cords from continuous strain.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
- 1Drinking water
- 2Using menthol cough drops
- 3Gargling salt water
- 4Drinking warm tea with honey
- 5Sipping water constantly from a desk bottle
- 6Speaking from the diaphragm to project the voice
- 7Preheating the throat and doing singing exercises
- 8Sucking on Hall's throat lozenges
- 9Using a personal voice amplifier with a clip-on microphone and speaker
In their words
Unedited, most upvoted first, each linked to the thread it came from.
“right now after every week my throat feels very irritated >_< right now i'm making myself some thyme-honey-cinamon milk but I was wondering if there's anything more effective”source ↗
“This is the second week in a row where I’ve lost my voice, not completely, but decently near the end.”source ↗
“I’m worried I might be doing permanent damage though, if this keeps happening.”source ↗
“I lose my voice at the beginning of every school year.”source ↗
Where this came up
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