Tips To Keep Your Child’s Voice Healthy & Prevent Vocal Abuse

Do you know how easy it is for your child to damage their vocal cords? Our speech expert tells us how we can prevent this from happening.

Children love to talk and they want to be heard! They sing, talk loudly, yell and even whisper while playing. Little do they know that habitually using their voice in certain manners can cause ‘vocal abuse’ and injure the delicate parts of their throat. (Below are tips to prevent that!) With all their excitement to share, convey and express ideas, our children tend to overuse their voice box which can cause permanent damage.

What Is The Voice Box?

tips to prevent vocal abuse

Voice Box (medically called the Larynx) is inside the throat. It houses the vocal cords that are intricate muscles which vibrate to produce sound. The vocal cords (also vocal Folds) open and close when we talk and swallow.

What Is Vocal Abuse?

Pratiksha Gupta

Pratiksha Gupta, MSc. ( London) is a seasoned Speech Language Therapist cum Audiologist practising since 2007. She has worked in a variety of platforms including hospitals in NHS -UK, Apollo Hospitals - India, Early Intervention Centers, Govt. Resource Centers and IB School - Delhi NCR, She is the founder, director of 1SpecialPlace, India's first Online Speech Therapy Portal. She enjoys working with children and trains Speech Therapists and Educators in the areas of early learning and development of Speech and Language Skills. Pratiksha is on the panel of professional online parenting portals and is the author of a series of children’s storybooks that promote speech development.