Sorry, I meant to post a link to the article:
http://theconversation.com/keep-an-eye-on-vocal-fry-its-all-about-power-status-and-gender-45883
On 11/9/2015 2:22 PM, Angus Grieve-Smith wrote:
> In my intro phonology course I'm doing a module on phonation
> creaky voice, aka "vocal fry." My students this semester are all
> speech pathology majors, and many of them have heard the claims that
> it can damage the voice. In online discussions I asked them to talk
> about how they envision it affecting their practice in the future, and
> they said things like this:
>
> "I see such an issue related to my future role as a speech
> pathologist, in that the extensive use of creaky voice present in this
> current generation may cause speech difficulties down the road because
> of such extended use. I may have to treat a lot of these patients in
> the future since creaky voice otherwise known as vocal fry, will/may
> have a negative impact on the future speech of such individuals."
>
> I've heard these claims of damage, and Sylvia Sierra pointed me to
> an article by a speech pathologist that lays them out:
>
> "This increase in force during vibration of the vocal folds can be
> traumatic and cause injury to the vocal folds if it occurs a lot –
> injuries such as laryngitis, vocal fold swelling, and vocal nodules,
> to name just a few."
>
> This article doesn't give any evidence of this injury, and I don't
> know if there is any. I'm very skeptical, and I've heard similar
> skepticism from linguists. Does anyone have a good article debunking
> this claim?
>
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