People underestimate the role of the voice in one’s own identity, and as a person’s voice changes many emotional changes also take place.
A Voice Disorder occurs when someone changes the way they use their voice, and it is no longer efficient and easy to produce.
Voice Disorders develop usually as a combination of problems:
Internally, such as development of a cold or laryngitis which may cause changes in the way someone uses their voice
External influences such as alcohol, dust, medication, things which affect the mucosa or lining of the vocal folds
Emotional sources a - voices have people behind them with a number of personalities and stresses that can drastically affect one’s voice. Your voice is your carrier of your emotion.
Oasis Health’s Gabrielle Coffey has over twenty years experience in Speech Pathology. She treats patients with a wide range of issues, including dyspraxia, speech articulation and stuttering.