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Examining ATI Wisdom Booklets: Booklet 2 – Breathing and Speech

Last updated on: August 15, 2016 at 11:25 am

August 15, 2016 by Suzanne Titkemeyer

If I was using this reading while teaching, I’d be worried that I would have a bunch of hoarse students. Just ramping up the pressure of air moving through the larynx will make a person’s voice louder, but will also do micro (or macro) damage to the vocal cords that will lead to a hoarse voice. Doing this repeatedly can lead to serious damage to the vocal cords.
- To make your voice louder, it’s important to learn how to breathe deeply so that the lungs are filled with air. My choir teacher showed us how to breathe deeply by laying down on the floor and placing your hand just under your rib cage. As you breathe, you focus breathing so that the hand moves upward on the inhale.
- It’s also important to learn how to stand upright with a neutral spine and squared shoulders to have the largest available volume of air.
- The next trick is learning how to create a smooth exhale of air using your diaphragm and abdominal muscles.
- The bit that will keep your vocal cords from being shredded is learning how to have large volumes of air moving through the vocal cords while keeping the cords as relaxed as possible. For me, I need to focus on keeping my larynx as low as possible.
- The last trick is learning how to keep your face/sinuses as open as possible to increase resonance. To me, it feels like keeping my eyes opened wide with my cheekbones raised and jaw dropped.

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