Spasmodic Dysphonia Voice

How I restored my voice using Vocal Behavior Training - VBT

9/13/22

The video players may need a little time to load. I have tried them out in Safari and Firefox, and they both are working. Seemed like the button in the player worked better than the one at the bottom.

1st Exercise - Sustained Extones

2nd Exercise - Sustained Intones

3rd Exercise - Warm Up

Just some notes

I made these videos a few years ago and I was 70 pounds heavier. Ug! I hate looking at these.

1. The first exercise should be all that you do for at least a few weeks. It may not seem like much, but long sustained strengthens the vocal ligmanets. As you move up and down the keyboard you are working the stretch of the ligaments. As you move up the keyboard you are aligning the ligaments as well. The ligamrents are attached side by side at the front of your adams apple.

2. Start as low as you can and move up the scale. Remember to try to make tiny clear sound. At least that is your goal. At first you may just have to make sound any way you can. But on your best notes do not push. You want to exercise your vocal ligament without using any vocalis muscle. That is the muscle that lays right beside the ligament. So when you can, back off and go tiny.

So your sound should be "tiny" and clear, as best you can. The very edge of your vocal ligaments is the place where vibrational sound is born. Tiny works the edge. In essence you will rebuild your voice from the inside out…if you are persistent and patient.

Now that I have told you the sound you are seeking to achieve I am going to contradict what I just said in a way. Do not worry about doing the exercises wrong. Just do them. Think of going to a gym and starting to work out. The important thing is that you are doing the work. In time your voice will repsond, if your ligament is not broken. To know that you must go to a doctor and have them examine you.

This is explained in much more detail in the book: Good Vibrations, by me: Ken McDonald