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Curious Kids: why might you wake up without a voice?

  • Written by Deborah Hersh, Associate Professor, Speech Pathology, Edith Cowan University
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Why do you lose your voice approximately 12 hours after you scream too much? If I scream a lot one day the next morning I can barely speak. However, I can speak right after I scream. Kheenav, age 11, from Glen Waverley, Victoria

Hi Kheenav, thank you for your question!

First, I’ll explain a bit about your voice. Then...

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