Easy Production of Falsetto or High Pitched Sounds

1. This technique tends to shift the patient away from habituated patterns of voice use. It is especially helpful for patients who demonstrate anteroposterior laryngeal squeezing and for some who are said to be using ventricular phonation.
2. The use of imagery can be very helpful as can the use of animal sounds, such as the meow of a cat or a wolf howl.
3. The clinician should observe the continuous flow from inhalation through exhalation of the client, as the client may have the tendency to increase tension and hold the breath prior to initiation of voicing.
4. When the patient learns to easily produce a high pitched vowels at will, that sound can be sustained and the pitch gradually lowered in a glissando to the comfortable speaking level change in voice quality.