0871 – Your Pitch and Post Nasal Drips

2023.05.21 – 0871 – Your Pitch and Post Nasal Drips

We already know about the ‘post-nasal drip’, a lovely term that refers to the secretions from your nose and sinuses which can drip into the back of your mouth and down your throat (think what you do when you have a cold…). With seasonal allergies such drip-drip sinus drainage (especially at night) leads to the vocal folds swelling, which can cause

·        A lower pitch - and so a change in your range

·        Less resonance – because some of your nasal resonance chambers (‘turbinates’[1]) are inflamed meaning less nasal airflow and so changed resonance in your sound

·        A hoarse voice – because of inflamed tissue, which can lead to a tickle, a cough and a risk of vocal fold haemorrhage

·        The need for an increased warm-up time

[1] The turbinates are the tiny nasal tubes that do the job of warming, moisturizing and filtering the air that you breathe, and the body’s first line of defence against bad and seemingly-bad, bacteria or pollen.

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