{"id":4395,"date":"2013-04-16T07:47:54","date_gmt":"2013-04-16T07:47:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/everhear.wpengine.com\/?p=4395"},"modified":"2024-11-26T10:18:46","modified_gmt":"2024-11-26T18:18:46","slug":"celebrate-world-voice-day-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/everhear.com\/celebrate-world-voice-day-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrate World Voice Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.world-voice-day.org\/\">World Voice Day<\/a> is today (April 16th).&nbsp;The celebration of the World Voice Day is scattered around the globe, including concerts, symposia, open houses at voice clinics and voice education institutes, TV shows, radio programs etc. ESHC is celebrating by bringing you some important facts of your voice, and ways in which you can protect it!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Facts<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>7.5 million people in the United States suffer from a variety of voice disorders, many of which are avoidable.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Your voice portrays your personality and emotions<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>People can make judgments about you based on your voice<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Problems with voice can greatly affect someone\u2019s life<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>People who have jobs with high speaking demands are more at risk for voice disorders (teachers, actors, lawyers, etc.)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The way singers use their voice during speaking can have an affect on their singing voice<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Protecting Your Voice<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Drink plenty of water\u2014well-hydrated\u00a0tissue is less prone to damage.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Limit alcohol and caffeine consumption\u2014both are dehydrating.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Use a humidifier if the air is dry.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Avoid irritants such as cigarette smoke, fumes and dust.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If you have frequent reflux (heartburn),\u00a0see a physician promptly, to avoid potential vocal cord damage.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Avoid yelling and screaming\u2014such as\u00a0at sports games.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Avoid straining your voice by talking\u00a0excessively to overcome background\u00a0noise.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Take frequent voice breaks if your job\u00a0demands long periods of speaking.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If you speak to groups, and have to\u00a0project your voice, use a microphone.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Minimize frequent throat clearing.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If an upper respiratory infection has\u00a0made your voice hoarse, limit talking.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>World Voice Day is today (April 16th).&nbsp;The celebration of the World Voice Day is scattered around the globe, including concerts, symposia, open houses at voice clinics and voice education institutes, TV shows, radio programs etc. ESHC is celebrating by bringing you some important facts of your voice, and ways in which you can protect it!&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"Celebrate World Voice Day","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","schema":"","fname":"","lname":"","position":"","credentials":"","placeID":"","no_match":false,"name":"","company":"","review":"","address":"","city":"","state":"","zip":"","lat":"","lng":"","phone1":"","phone2":"","fax":"","mon1":"","mon2":"","tue1":"","tue2":"","wed1":"","wed2":"","thu1":"","thu2":"","fri1":"","fri2":"","sat1":"","sat2":"","sun1":"","sun2":"","hours-note":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[106,1011,1012],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/everhear.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4395"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/everhear.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/everhear.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everhear.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everhear.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4395"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/everhear.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4395\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12281,"href":"https:\/\/everhear.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4395\/revisions\/12281"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/everhear.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4395"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everhear.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4395"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everhear.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4395"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}