puberphonia

Uvula manipulation- a recognised treatment for puberphonia.

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Puberphonia, a condition where someone has a voice that sounds like a child's even into adulthood. Speech therapists use a variety of techniques to help people with puberphonia lower their voice, including: 

Humming: Humming while gliding down the pitch scale helps relax the laryngeal muscles and practice using a lower pitch. 

Glottal attack: Involves pushing air through closed vocal cords to produce vowel sounds. 

Coughing: Applying pressure to the Adam's apple and coughing shortens the vocal folds and lowers the pitch. 

Speech range masking: Involves speaking while a loud noise plays, then listening back to a recording of the voice. 

Thyroid cartilage manipulation: Involves gently pushing on the thyroid cartilage while producing a vowel. 

Uvula manipulation and resonance: Involves practicing voicing at a lower pitch with forcible airflow from the diaphragm.