- 3 ways to correct nasal voice at home
- 1. Open your mouth more to speak
- 2. Do exercises to strengthen your muscles
- 3. Lower your tongue while speaking
There are two main types of nasal voice:
- Hypoanalysis: it is one in which the person speaks as if the nose is blocked, and usually happens in cases of flu, allergy or changes in the anatomy of the nose; Hyperanasalada: it is the type of voice that normally bothers people the most and that arises due to habits of speaking developed over several years, changing the way the air is directed in the wrong way to the nose while speaking.
One of the best treatments to correct any type of nasal voice is to be able to control your breathing and train your ear to be able to identify which sounds are produced with the help of your nose or just with your mouth and then try to correct the way you are speaks.
Therefore, it is best to consult a speech therapist to identify the possible cause of nasal voice and initiate individualized follow-up sessions for each case.
3 ways to correct nasal voice at home
Although the help of a speech therapist is necessary to correct the nasal voice once and for all, there are some tips that can help to decrease the intensity with which the voice becomes nasal and that can be kept at home, even when you are undergoing treatment indicated by the speech therapist:
1. Open your mouth more to speak
The nasal voice is very common in people who speak with their mouths almost closed, as this means that the air does not come out only through the mouth, but is also eliminated through the nose. In doing so, the sound ends up being more nasal than normal.
Thus, people with nasal voice should try to keep their mouths more open while talking. A good tip is to imagine that you are holding an object between your teeth at the back of your mouth, to prevent it from coming together and ensure that your mouth is more open.
2. Do exercises to strengthen your muscles
Another good way to improve the way you speak and avoid nasal speech is to practice exercises to strengthen the muscles around the mouth and participate in the act of speaking. Some ways to do this include:
- Slowly repeat the "explosive" letters, such as P, B, T or G; Slowly repeat the "silent" letters, such as S, F or Z; Repeat the “a” / “an” sounds repeatedly, to exercise the palate muscle; Use a flute to contract your muscles and direct the air into your mouth.
These exercises can be repeated several times a day at home and can even be done without the need to actually produce sound, which allows them to be done while doing household chores, for example, without anyone knowing that you are training.
See more exercises that help to correct nasal voice.
3. Lower your tongue while speaking
Another problem that is also often associated with nasal voice is the rising of the tongue during speech, even when it should not be raised, producing a more nasal sound.
Although this change is difficult to identify, it can be trained. For this, one must stand in front of a mirror, hold the chin with one hand, open the mouth and place the tip of the tongue on the front and bottom teeth. After being in this position, you must say the word 'gá' without closing your mouth and observe if the tongue goes down when the 'a' is spoken or if it remains raised. If you are standing up, you should try to train until the sound comes out with your tongue under it, as this is the correct way to speak.
