[HANASHIR:15471] Re: Voice Care for the Holidays

[Danielkare <Danielkare...>]

I really appreciate this discussion, and glad I'm not alone in suffering from 
allergies and the fear of losing my voice to laryngitis.  My best preventive 
measures include some things I learned from an ENT who works with a lot of 
country music people.... Don't clear your throat (just try to swallow hard).  
Speak to people face to face, don't ever call out across a room.  Drink LOTS of 
water.  Use guaifenesin (ingredient in robitussin cough syrup).  Limit talking 
and singing prior to a show (service).  After a long period of hoarseness, and 
finding out through testing that my vocal chords were fine, I finally found 
out that my asthma inhaler itself was causing the hoarseness!  I stopped taking 
it and my voice returned.  I'm going to try the apple a day approach...sounds 
great!

 

-Karen