Sometimes, it seems almost out of the blue and sometimes it's totally explainable. When I was a camp counselor I spent most of my summer whispering to those around me because I would lose my voice so quickly. Every word out of my mouth was dripping with hope that my campers would listen and understand me. If it healed, it was still mildly raspy for the remainder of the summer. Even now during summer camp (in my more supervising/overseeing role), I still tend to get a little hoarse if I yell too much. And by yell, I mean if talk excitedly to one or more people in a day for longer than 10 minutes, my voice weakens.
Other times, I wake up without a voice and there seems to be little to no explanation. Sometimes I think it's because I am allergic to a lot of things and those allergens can irritate my larynx.
This weekend I thought maybe I was having some allergy issues-- then, I remembered that I was buried under snow and there isn't a lot about snow to spur on allergies. So, maybe I had a small cold. I mean, small. I blew my nose (but I do that a lot, every day, anyway) and sneezed a couple of times. But I felt pretty great.
Then- I woke up this morning. with. no. voice. When I first tried to talk to Ben this morning and no sound came out, I figured I was just getting over morning grogginess... but it didn't come back. In fact, when a friend called and I answered the phone I actually got a little light-headed from putting forth so much effort in order to be heard on the other line.
Laryngitis. More like, laryn-this is really inconveniencing me-gitis.
Again, I feel great! I wasn't doing any major cheerleading yesterday, so I guess it comes down to my mild cold. But my throat doesn't even hurt- I just hurt others' ears, as it is, I open my mouth and a squeaky yet deep and raspy excuse for a voice comes pouring out.
I drank tea, rested my voice, tried using my voice to- I don't know, stretch out the vocal chords... and it has gotten a little better. I am hoping that I wake up tomorrow totally revived (er, at least back to my normal day to day raspy voice).
I read once that there might be a problem with the way you talk if you keep getting laryngitis. Soooo, speech training maybe? Apparently, you can have speech habits that cause laryngitis. What are mine? Well, the obvious I guess is that I talk too loud and too long. But, that can't possibly be it...
For now, maybe I'll check Craig's List for a humidifier. That sounds lovely.
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you do "project" your voice- if you know what I mean.
I can give you some pointers... I am a voice major after. :0) I could give you my knowledge from vocal pedagogy.
oh no! hope it comes back quickly! one point: please don't buy a second hand humidifier... they get scuzzy really quickly and if they haven't been properly cleaned, (even if they look clean), they could make your allergies/colds worse. (And you'll never be able to tell whether they've been cleaned well...).
I know only from experience, which was a cruel lesson :)
Besides, Target has cute ones in the shape of a frog or such... or cheap ones in the shape of... erm, a block.
The 2nd grade teacher at our school has a voice that sounds similar to yours. She had some problems like you have, and actually had surgery to remove some stuff that has helped. I know that sounds kinda scary, but I wonder if you might want to see a specialist. I don't think you should "lose your voice often." First of all it's not healthy, and second, I like listening to you. :)
you're cute.
That used to happen to me all the time in college. Seriously. I would wake up one morning and my voice would be gone with no other cold like symptoms. My mom always said it was stress related. Who knows. Hasn't happened since I graduated....ahhhem...several years ago.
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