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Is Throat Clearing Bad for Your Voice?

posted by Cathy Sobocan on May 1,2014 in Voice Improvement

Is throat clearing bad for your voice? The answer is yes. When we clear our throat or cough harshly, the vocal folds are slammed together. This builds up tension in the vocal folds. Slam them around a number of times and they will bruise. Eventually you could even get vocal nodules. I recently attended a workshop facilitated by registered speech-language …

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