ENTREPRENEURS AND PROFESSIONALS
VOICE IS
IMPORTANT BOSS
Conversation is one of the most basic forms of communication,
but don’t underestimate it. A simple, conversation with your clients can build
trust. An innocuous bit of small talk with a stranger can turn into a sales
opportunity. Learn to speak in an approachable voice, confident way that you
can apply to any situation.
The sound of our voice
makes a strong impression. Here are the most important elements to keep in
mind. Resonance:-Resonance is
defined as “the quality in a sound of being deep and full most important of
all, every voice projects the personality of its speaker. In other words, voice
determines personality. We use our voice; it should have the force and
frequency for people to listen.
Possibly, the raised voice used to listen others and modulation with
adequate frequency helps others to understand our views.
A speech disorder is a condition in which a person has
problems creating or forming the speech sounds needed to communicate with
others. Some speech
disorders can cause people to develop anxiety disorders. Stressful situations
can trigger anxiety, resulting in more pronounced speech disorder symptoms.
Pathophysiology
There are three basic types of speech impairments:
articulation disorders, fluency disorders, and voice disorders.
The most common
speech disorders in adults
Stuttering: It may come as
a surprise that many famous actors and entertainers experienced stuttering,
including James Earl Jones.
Apraxia: If you have
apraxia, your tongue and lips aren't able to move in the correct way to produce
sounds.
Dysarthria: Voice disorders involving the larynx (voice
box). Dysarthria can occur when you have trouble moving the muscles of your
lips, tongue, vocal folds, or diaphragm. It can result from degenerative muscle
and motor conditions, such as multiple sclerosis, muscular dystrophy, cerebral
palsy, Parkinson's disease or stroke.
Aphasia: It is a communication disorder that results
from damage or injury to language parts of the brain. It's more common in older
adults, particularly those who have had a stroke. Aphasia gets in the way of a
person's ability to use or understand.
Cluttering: It is a speech
and communication disorder characterized by a rapid rate of speech, erratic
rhythm, and poor syntax or grammar, making speech difficult to understand words.
Aphasia does not impair the person's intelligence.
Dysprosody: which may manifest as pseudo-foreign accent
syndrome, refers to a disorder in which one or more of the prosodic functions
are either compromised or eliminated completely. Prosody refers to the
variations in melody, intonation, pauses, stresses, intensity, vocal quality,
and accents of speech.
Verbigeration: It is obsessive
repetition of random words. It is similar to perseveration, in which a person
repeats words in response to a stimulus. However, verbigeration occurs when a
person repeats words without a stimulus.
Tangential speech: Tangentiality is a communication disorder in
which the train of thought of the speaker wanders and shows a lack of focus,
never returning to the initial topic of the conversation.
What is poverty
of speech? In psychology, alogia (Greek ἀ-, “without”, and λόγος,
“speech”), or poverty of speech, is a general lack of additional, unprompted
content seen in normal speech. As a symptom, it is commonly seen in patients
suffering from schizophrenia and schizotypal personality disorder, and is
considered a negative symptom.
What is clanging speech? In psychology
and psychiatry, clanging refers to a mode of speech characterized by
association of words based upon sound rather than concepts. For example, this
may include compulsive rhyming or alliteration without apparent logical
connection between words.
Speech anxiety: Can range from a
slight feeling of “nerves” to a nearly incapacitating fear. Some of the most
common symptoms of speech anxiety are: shaking, sweating, butterflies in the
stomach, dry mouth and rapid heartbeat. Pressured speech is when someone's
speech is rapid and disorganized.
Pressured
speech/rapid speech: It is not a disease or disorder by itself. Rather, it is a
symptom of an underlying disorder. There are many potential causes of pressured
speech, including schizophrenia, some forms of anxiety, and bipolar disorderly
voice.
Puberphonia: Puberphonia is a disorder predominant of
post-pubescent male (without known organic cause), who exhibit higher register
than other male of the same age group, known as "Juvenile Resonance
Disorder" or “Little Girls’ Voice”. The high voice may be produced at the
top of the chest register or in falsetto; this high voice may be associated
with mild dysphonia and increased, effortful phonation. Vocal instability is
often marked with extensive frequency swing like cutting of voice while
speaking continuously. Vocal impairment in male is generally of higher pitch
i.e. above 200Hz, and sometimes observable with downward pitch breaks. Downward
pitch break reveals the natural lower pitch level of 110-125 Hz. Possibly elevated than the average airflow,
if breathy voice accompanies higher pitch.
There are a number of proposed causes for the development of
this speech problem. The etiology of puberphonia can be both organic and
psychogenic in nature. Causes of puberphonia include: 1. Emotional stress 2.Delayed
development of secondary sex characteristics. 3. Resistance to pubertal changes 4.
Self-consciousness resulting from an early breaking of the voice
More importantly, they are not coming out or converse or
mingle with other person or society; because of they feel ashamed of their
voice. After ADEM.S APLE formation they supposed to talk “BOSS VOICE rather
talking with high frequency like female folk. As a result they cannot explain
their view or even a truth of an occasion of explaining the real cause for any
issues which could make them too ashamed of the situation. So they
psychologically affected with depression. Besides, they cannot retain in their
job longer period. The frequent quitting the job which leads to financial
constrain in their family. Negative social reactions commonly occur and it
overall affects social and vocational goals of them. Actually they suffer in their all walks of
their life, like physically, psychologically and economically.
The habitual use of a high pitch while speaking is associated
with tense muscles surrounding the vocal folds. Assessment and treatment of
puberphonia is usually conducted by an otolaryngologist (ENT). This voice is
not a disorder that is likely to go away on its own. Without treatment, the
changes in the patient's voice can become permanent. Treatment can involve
direct voice therapy, indirect voice therapy, or audiovisual feedback. In most
cases when traditional voice therapy is ineffective. In SIVA E N T Hospital Dr.M.Kumaresan
and his team does voice care management successfully and the result
is 95%,who come from far-away places for treatment can practice their
voice care by watching in the face book and you tube. In Siva E N T Hospital Dr.M.Kumaresan does a small pharyngeal resonance manipulation,
followed by immediately speech of fire training is given by trained team at
least for three days bring more success in gaining male voice frequency and the
success rate is > 95%.This training is given as suggested by Tholkappiyam (தொல்காப்பியம்)
உந்தி
முதலா முந்துவளி தோன்றி
தலையினும் மிடற்றினும் நெஞ்சினும் நிலைஇ
பல்லும்
இதழும் நாவும் மூக்கும்
அண்ணமும்
உள்பட எண் முறை நிலையான்.
PROJECTED OUT
COME
1) This Voice care management improves quality of voice
2) This removes the down fall faced by the clients like
psycho-social and emotional constrains in the society.
3) Helps the clients to get self confidence.
RESEARCH DESIGN
The study was
conducted in Siva E N T Hospital at Chennai. So far we corrected 515
puberphonic clients.
The study concludes
that the Voice care management in SIVE E N T Hospital resolves all the negative
impact of the puberphonic clients and provides renaissance in their life in all
directions.
