16 April - World Voice Day

“Let Your Voice Be Heard”

April 16th is World Voice Day and a chance for all of us to consider our vocal health. This international celebration of the human voice was established to help raise public and professional awareness about voice disorders. It represents an interesting and growing collaboration of otolaryngologists, for the public good.

Teachers, politicians, clergy, salespeople, courtroom attorneys, telemarketers, and receptionists are all people for whom spoken communication is an essential part of what they do, and there are countless other professions that rely heavily on the voice. In spite of this era of e-mail and Internet communications, it is still hard to conceive of an effective classroom, election campaign, pulpit, or courtroom without voice. Once you pause to consider a world without voice communications, you realize that voice is crucial to our professions and our every day lives.