vocal strain
Overused voice injury
Vocal strain is stress or damage to the voice from overuse, misuse, or forcing sound beyond comfortable limits.
Singers, teachers, and others who use their voices intensively are prone to it.
Symptoms include hoarseness, pain, and reduced range: She developed vocal strain after the concert tour.
Rest and proper technique help prevent it.
- hoarseRough in voice
- raspyRough and grating
- sore throatIrritated, aching airway
- throatNeck's inner passage
- singingVocal music-making
overuse · singing lessons · voice coach · fatigue · tension · croaky · voice · laryngitis · scratchy · tired · nodules · screaming · whisper · painful · raw · lost my voice · sore · belting
- Throat Problemssore throat, strep throat, tonsillitis, pharyngitis, laryngitis
- strainswild type, indica, sativa, landrace
- Vocal Emotionpassion, emotion, belting, soul, expressiveness
- Voice Disordersdysphonia, aphonia, hoarseness, voice loss, spasmodic dysphonia
- Body Careposture, breathing exercises, warm-up, cool-down, injury prevention
- speech disordersstuttering, stammering, stammer, dysarthria, slurred speech