Human voice

December 3, 2010

An Unwelcome Dx

Over the last few years, I’ve noticed that after a day of teaching, my voice is just shot, that I am hoarse and I strain when I speak. At first, it was kinda cool: I sounded like Stevie Nicks, all husky and sultry. . . but when I developed a night-time cough and realized I’d lost more than a full octave when accompanying the piano, even I knew it was time to make an appointment with the Ear, Nose and Throat Doc who told me exactly what I didn’t want to hear: I’m a vocal over-doer….