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Where are your vocal cords located?
Larynx, throat, voice box
True or false: your vocal cords are open when you breathe
True
True or False: your vocal cords vibrate when you speak
true
True or false: Vocal nodules cause hoarseness and even fatigue from working harder to bring the vocal folds together during speech.
True
Why should you drink plenty of water?
Being well hydrated helps keep the vocal folds vibrating smoothly and easily helps to prevent injury
List two alternatives to yelling (for example, at a football game, in Personal Wellness class, etc.)
clapping, waving arms on the soccer field, use noisemakers or stomp their feet from the st
True or false: Yelling to a friend across the classroom is better for your voice than walking over to them to talk
False
True or false: Post-nasal drip and reflux can also irritate the vocal folds and impact the voice.
True
True or false: It is not important to give your voice a break/rest
False
Why do we do semi-occluded vocal tract exercises (straw phonation, lip trills)
Gives us the most gentle voicing/vibration in our vocal cords
Why do we do the yawn sigh technique?
To relax our larynx/throat and vocal tract
Name 2/3 sounds that are made in the nasal cavity
m, n, ng
