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November 10, 2006
Katespot - Silenced?
I had my appointment with the speech pathologist this morning. He had me pegged in the first 60 seconds upon entering his office.
"Vocal Abuse"
Vocal abuse is any behavior or occurrence that strains or injures the vocal folds (or vocal cords). This may include excessive talking, throat clearing, coughing, inhaling irritants, smoking, screaming, or yelling. Vocal misuse is improper voice usage such as speaking too loudly or at an abnormally high or low pitch. Frequent vocal abuse and misuse can damage the vocal folds and cause temporary or permanent changes in vocal function, voice quality, and possible loss of voice.
I done broke my voice.
Disorders of vocal abuse and misuse are the most prevalent and preventable of the types of voice disorders. Anyone, from infants to the elderly, who uses his or her voice excessively may develop a disorder related to vocal abuse. Lawyers, teachers, clergy, cheerleaders, and professional voice users such as singers and actors often develop these types of voice disorders.
In order to heal my vocal chords, I have to be quiet and modulate my voice. I can't yell, sing, talk quickly or loudly. I can't even chat on the phone for more than 5 minutes. I can't even talk a lot. :::sigh::: The kids are thrilled because I can't yell at them. Of course, I did tell them that I don't need to use my voice to beat them. JOKING
Husband is having a laugh over the fact that I was told to stay as quiet as possible. I know he's not being mean about it. As anyone who has ever spoken with me knows, I am pretty chatty. This is going to be very difficult for me for the next couple weeks. I will be living off emails for a while. I can speak, just not a lot.
Boy, I really have to choose my words carefully now, eh?
Posted by Cate at November 10, 2006 09:59 AM
Comments
That sucks honey. I've been there...senior year of college and my friends had a ball with it.
Posted by: Krush at November 10, 2006 10:45 AM
{{{Hugs babe!!}} Go get caught up on the loopie site! We havent seen you there in a while.
I feel for you hun. I don't think I could do that very easily either.
How long are ou silenced for?
Posted by: Kathy at November 10, 2006 10:51 AM
That sucks!!! Feel better.
Posted by: Robin at November 10, 2006 10:58 AM
I hope your voice recovers quickly! Make sure you do what the Dr. tells you!
BTW: Your LOOPIES miss you!
Posted by: Wendi at November 10, 2006 11:11 AM
Oh, pooh!
Just when I thought a virtual Target trip was in order.
Get well, soon.
; )
Posted by: Christina at November 10, 2006 12:30 PM
Wow, I'm amazed that none of the women I've dated have suffered from this.
Posted by: zonker at November 11, 2006 01:14 PM
