Vocally Speaking: Would Your Prefer To Fix Your Voice, Or Would You Rather Suffer From Permanent Voice Loss?

Lately, more and more, we hear from people who have been suffering from various voice disorders, and moreover, suffering for many years!

Needless to say, that with time, (10, 20 or even 30 years later) for some reason, their voices did not get improved or even properly treated for that matter. 

Unfortunately, they did not sound any better than before their ordeal started, but rather, in the majority of cases, some of them actually sounded much worse.

In fact, many of them claimed that the quality of their voices became much more compromised (in a manner of speaking) from the time when their voice issues had initially began.

So the question is… Why these people, suffering for numerous years, never put a handle, so to speak, on their voice disorder?

I think the answer is that there is not much help available with respect to Non-surgical voice repair, which actually (in most cases) would produce some tangible results...

The other reason is that people are absolutely unaware of what’s happening to them-- and why-- not withholding the fact that they are actually even more so unaware how to start to deal with their voice problems. and vocal issues.

For example: All of them (regular speaking people and also singers) think that there is a problem with their voice when, in reality, the problem is with the application of their voice.

After going to numerous appointments with ENT specialists and speech therapists, they discover that the ENT specialists, at best, could diagnose their disorder, but very rarely, they would offer any constructive course of action with respect to restoration of one’s voice and bringing it back to its normal state.

Of course, if there is an obvious growth on, let’s say on the vocal cords ( or anywhere else on the vocal anatomy) for that matter, they would be more then happy to operate to remove the growth.

In a vast majority of the latter, those nasty nodules and polyps could be dissolved via special speech and/or singing exercises, which will identify the proper application, proper support, structure and projection of the sound. 

Which, in turn, will take the pressure away from the vocal anatomy and its affected area.

As we all know, any surgery could produce unforeseen complications such as: scar tissue, sulcus vocalis (enlarged gap between the vocal cords) and even vocal paresis.

Sounds scary… doesn’t it?

But it could be even scarier when the time is lost for non-surgical application and treatment to take place.

So, as I said in my numerous blogs and publications previously; DO NOT GIVE UP SEARCHING, especially for non-surgical solutions and treatments which could be successfully applied to rectify your vocal problems.

Although, if it is not possible and the vocal surgery is required, please find a qualified surgeon who has a good reputation and a good proven record dealing with vocal disorders like yours.

However, don’t get fooled if the operation is successful and your voice sounds that much better after it was performed.

Please remember that your, so to speak “instrument” had been fixed, but you, as the “player”, did not learn anything new with respect of the different application of your voice, so that your vocal problem would not reoccur ever again.

With that said, you still need to look for a qualified voice specialist who would teach you how to use your voice correctly, i.e., without any pain or strain on your vocal anatomy, and also how to, with the minimum effort, being able to produce maximum desirable results.

Please also remember that the voice cannot be fixed on its own...

And the more time passes with respect to your voice remaining to be untreated, the more possibilities there will be for your voice never to be recovered, and, nevertheless to be restored-- which, no doubt, could, God forbid, lead to a permanent voice loss!