And here they are, trying to function as adults, with the voice of a child, thinking that they are somehow trapped in that choice, or that it’s not a choice at all. You know what I hear an awful lot from students? This phrase, “I’m an adult, but I sound like a kid!” Grown-ups come to me all the time, and they are thirties, forties, fifties, sixties, and when you listen to them, you’d think that they were pre-puberty, somewhere around ten, eleven, twelve max. I am not sure who in your area does this type of work, but I would check with the local ENT societies.Hi, I’m Roger Love, celebrity voice coach and author of the bestselling book Set Your Voice Free.
Unfortunately, trying to raise the pitch by tightening the vocal cords has been less successful. Its results are immediate and gratifying. This allows the vocal cord to relax and lowers the pitch of the voice. Basically, for a high pitched voice- without other cause- we surgically remove a thin strip of cartilage from the voice box, as an outpatient procedure under local anesthesia. He developed the idea of “laryngeal framework surgery” also known as pitch lowering surgery. Groundbreaking work was done by Professor Ishiiki from Japan probably 25 years ago and I had the opportunity to participate in his first teaching course in this country. If one pictures a string instrument, we raise the pitch by tightening the string and lower it by loosening the string. However, often a high pitched voice is due to the vocal cords being stretched too tightly by the failure to develop a thickening of the voice box with puberty. Comprehensive evaluation of these areas by an ear nose and throat physician should readily determine the cause.
Vocal cord paralysis or vocal cord nodules or polyps can result in a high pitched voice which is also usually breathy. The problem can be from using one’s voice incorrectly- such as in a falsetto- which should respond to voice therapy. A high pitched voice can be quite a social problem for a young man- just as a low pitched voice can be an issue for a woman in our society.Ī high pitched voice is not usually caused by a lump in the throat or a post nasal drip. However, sometimes this does not occur as one would like, leaving the voice with a high pitch. There is a specific change in a male teenager’s voice as the cartilage of the larynx (voice box) gets thicker around puberty. If you need any further information, please ask me. Please advise me how may I improve my voice on my own. My parents are against a certain surgery to remove the lump, they consider it impractical. I also get teased a lot for the girlish voice. I study in a business school, so I’m having a lot of trouble with this problem. I feel that the problem gets amplified whenever I’m outside, so it might be dust-induced since our country’s air is quite unclear.
My doctor told me it is from a post-nasal drip, but I don’t know the specific details. It’s like almost no sound comes out, a few squeaky syllables get out… My voice is quite high-pitched and my voice cracks whenever I try to speak louder. I’ve had a problem with the pitch of my voice for at least the past 10 years, and I am quite desperate to get rid of the problem.
Question:Hi, I am a 21-year old male from Bangladeshi.