Higiene vocal
Clasificar hábitos que cuidan o dañan la voz: gritar, tomar agua, carraspear, descansar.
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How to run it
Spend the time on the two counter-intuitive items. Susurrar — whispering — is on the harmful side, which almost every student gets wrong, because whispering is assumed to rest the voice and actually uses the folds in a more effortful way. Carraspear, repeated throat clearing, is the other one, and it is a habit rather than a need. Ten minutes covers the twelve with discussion of those two.
Cueing ladder
Start at the top. Add support one step at a time.
- IndependentRead the card and wait 5 seconds for the student's answer.Log as correct
- HintAsk 'How would your voice feel after that?'Log as cued
- Two choicesOffer two answers, the right one not always second.Log as cued
- ExplainGive the answer and the reason; the student says it back in their own words.Log as cued
Voice work belongs after an ENT examination. If hoarseness lasts or gets worse, stop and refer back to the physician.
Adjust it
Use fewer cards and sort into just two groups.
Plan what the student will do in their own hardest voice situation this week.
Matching IEP goal
Given everyday scenarios, Student will identify the voice-healthy choice and a reason in 8 of 10 opportunities across 3 consecutive sessions.
Send it home through the parent portal →About this activity
Twelve habits sorted into cuida la voz and daña la voz: tomar agua durante el día, descansar la voz después de cantar, acercarse en vez de gritar and avisar cuando la voz duele care for the voice; gritar en el recreo, carraspear muchas veces, hablar por encima de la música, susurrar por mucho tiempo and toser fuerte a propósito harm it. Two of the harmful ones surprise most students.
What to listen for
Watch which harmful habits the student recognises in themselves. Sorting cards correctly is easy; naming the one they do at recess is the useful step, and it is where the behaviour change starts. Notice whether the student can suggest a replacement — acercarse en vez de gritar is on the board as a substitution rather than a prohibition, which is the shape every recommendation should take. Hygiene advice is not an explanation for a voice. A student hoarse for more than about four weeks should be examined by a physician, ideally an ENT, before this board becomes the plan.
Carrying it home
Ask the family to put a water bottle where the child will use it and to notice throat clearing rather than correcting it. Both are small and both are more effective than telling a child not to shout.
What's in this activity
- cuida la voz
- daña la voz
Questions
- Is this board in Spanish?
- Yes, the habits and categories are Spanish. This page is in English so an English-speaking clinician can find and evaluate it.
- Do I need an account?
- No, it plays free with no login.
- Why is whispering harmful?
- Because it is not a rested voice. Whispering brings the folds close without full vibration, which for many people takes more effort than speaking softly with voice — which is usually the better substitution.
Use this board with your caseload
With a free account, every correct, cued and incorrect mark is saved to the student and scored against their IEP goal, with the data written up for you. Assign it as home practice through the parent portal.
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