Help Please! Voice Problem?! Posted: 03-26-05 11:07am
Hi,
for the past week, i've experience a
slight tenderness in the throat, but not
it's gone. The problem is that I found
that something's wrong with my voice.
When I speak, nobody notices any changes.
I did some time ago, but now, everything
seems to be normal again.
But the problem is that sometimes, when I
"start" speaking, it feels like there's an
air leak in my throat: meaning I let out a
very quiet and hardly noticeable whistling
sound. Then as I speak, everything seems
to be normal. And that air leak doesn't
happen always, maybe like 2 times out of
10.
When I emit a constant sound, meaning for
example: aaaaaa - iiiiiii
i tried it last night, and the sound
seemed correct and normal. But I noticed
that whenever I do that while stretching
my throat, meaning leaning my head back,
the sound changes completely, and it turns
into a somewhat breathy and weird voice.
But it's not very breathy and very weird,
I was comparing it to my "normal" voice.
For your information, i've been training
moderately "hard" for a play, in which I
had to speak in several different tones.
And the throat tenderness occurred
afterwards. But since two days ago, the
tenderness is gone, and everything seem to
be a lot better. Now, there's only that
little air leak that troubles me.
Oh, and after I finish talking (usually
varies from 1 to 10~15 minutes), I try to
rest my voice, but then I feel this dull
tenderness in my throat. It usually
disappears in about 30-60 minutes after I
stop talking. It's not really pain, just
some kind of dull ache... I also noticed
that when I talk, I sometimes run out of
breath, even for short sentences. It
doesn't look good, does it?
Can anyone help? Give advice?
Thanks!
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bluejeanphoenix
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 23 Apr 2005 Posts: 4
Posted: 04-23-05 11:08am
I'm no expert, but it sounds like
fatigue...Can probably be remedied by
improved breath support, and a bit more
release. Also, are you sure you're
speaking in your true range? Because that
can tire you out...I'm often accused by
acting teachers of not speaking in my
natural range, because I speak too
high...But then my singing teachers tell
me, "you're a soprano, it's unnatural for
you to speak so low, but you do it because
you're socialized to."
:shrugs:
i'd recommend something like an alexander
course, or maybe yoga...And beyond that,
see a speech therapist or a singing
teacher to work on breath support.
