Leticia
HOW I'M BEATING A RASPY VOICE & PAIN IN TALKING
July 15, 2000
My problem started in my youth. I always sounded raspy and I could
not carry on a conversation for very long without feeling pain in
my throat.
In 1990, I had speech therapy for the first time and experienced
no improvement.
In 1992, I went to another therapist who recommended an ENT specialist.
This doctor's diagnosis was a deviated septum causing a post nasal
drip for the raspiness in my voice. He also said he wanted to inspect
my vocal cords. Upon inspection of my vocal cords he found, and
without my consent, removed a polyp. It didn't help. My raspy voice
got worse as did the pain.
In 1993, I went to a voice therapist and then to an ENT. She said
she was not able to help me. The ENT diagnosed a bowed vocal cord.
The ENT spoke of surgery, a Teflon injection, but I decided not
to because there was no guarantee it would solve my problem. At
this point I had given up and reconciled myself to the idea that
I would always have a raspy voice and pain. I had seen four speech
therapists and two ENT doctors. All the speech therapists told me
to lower the pitch of my voice as did the two ENT doctors.
One day I happened to be changing channels on the TV and saw Dr.
Cooper on Maury Povich's program. Dr. Cooper made remarkable changes
in minutes for bad to good voices for different guests with many
very bad voices. You can imagine my excitement. I called soon after
and made an appointment.
Dr. Cooper told me over the phone he knew what my problem was.
When I finally met with Dr. Cooper he confirmed what I had always
suspected. I was misusing my voice. He also said my prognosis was
excellent. Within a few hours I was speaking with a different voice
and most importantly, no pain! Dr. Cooper told me to raise the pitch
of my voice.
I am very grateful to Dr. Cooper. To me his approach, methods
and results are simply amazing.
I spent a week practicing on the right voice in his office to
gain control of a better voice.
I was told by the speech therapists not to have caffeine, not
to have spicy food, to drink lots of water, rest my voice and to
not wear my belt too tight. They told me to yawn a lot. The raspiness
remained severe as well as the pain, despite the fact that I followed
instructions.
Dr. Cooper says I can have caffeine, coffee, tea, and water was
not the problem either.
What Dr. Cooper does is so simple, it is a wonderful pain reliever.
He knew exactly what to do for my voice. He simplifies and gets
directly to the problem.
Leticia
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