839 – Don’t Take Fish Gulps

2023.04.19 – 0839 – Don’t Take Fish Gulps

But be aware of you use of air: do you tend to gulp? Or are you squeezing out the final words in a sentence with the last ounce of air you have spare? What about your other breathing habits? Be aware that in certain situations you may feel short of breath: if you are recovering from an illness, if you are nervous, if you’re tense…

If you take in too much air than you need to use:

You can take fish-like gulps

You may get light-headed

You may damage your folds…

Take a deep breath now, and notice what you feel in your larynx area. Feel the strain of air trying to get out? That’s sub-glottal pressure again, leading your folds to have to work much harder to release just what you need, just when you need it. And that can lead to damage, vocal fatigue, and a limit to the range you can talk in.

So, you need to be able to take in just enough air to power your voice for what you want to say, and then control the ‘flow of the fuel’ steadily. 

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