Sigh, Aspirate Initiation, Easy Initiation of Phonation

  1. The patient is taught to produce the most relaxed, effortless natural sigh possible.
  2. The patient should use aspirate initiation of voicing using words that begin with an /h/(slightly exaggerated).
  3. The patient should omit the actual production of the /h/ yet continue the effortless gliding into initiation of phonation.