Loud Voice
Resolve Speech Therapy · Dysarthria series
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Loud voice therapy is exercise for your speech muscles. You practise pushing your voice to sound loud, on purpose, every time you do the exercises.
This strengthens your voice box and often makes speech sound clearer too, not just louder.
It should feel like effort — the same way lifting a weight feels like effort. If it feels easy, push a little louder.
Conditions like Parkinson's can affect the muscles used for speech, not just movement and walking.
- Voice can become quiet without you noticing
- Family may start asking you to repeat yourself
- Speech can sound slurred, unclear, or hesitant
This happens because the brain sends a weaker signal to the voice muscles than it thinks it is. Loud voice therapy retrains that.
- Do people often ask you to repeat yourself?
- Do people say they can't hear you?
If so, a louder voice can make a real difference. It's usually the single biggest thing that helps people understand you better.
- Motivation — keep coming back to it
- Intensity — really push the volume
- Repetition — little and often
- Reminders — visual cues help
- Real situations — use it outside practice too
Record yourself during practice — it helps you notice how your louder voice actually sounds.
Ask a family member or friend for honest feedback, in practice and in everyday chats.
Notice how often people ask you to repeat yourself before and after you increase your volume.
Keep using the stronger voice in real conversations — on the phone, at the shops, with family. That's what keeps it strong.
A loud voice needs a strong, steady flow of air underneath it. Breathing from your belly, not your chest, gives you that.
- Lets you take in more air
- Relaxes your throat and voice box
- Puts the control in your diaphragm, not your throat
- Sit comfortably, or lie flat
- Relax your shoulders
- One hand on your chest, one on your stomach
- Breathe in through your nose — feel your stomach rise, chest stays still
- Breathe out slowly through your mouth — stomach falls
- Repeat several times
Follow-along breathing pacer
Use this to practise the rhythm. Breathe in as the circle grows, out as it shrinks.
Take a deep breath into your stomach before each attempt. Say it right away — loud, not strained.
Loud "Ah"
Deep breath in, then say "ah" as loudly and as long as you comfortably can. Aim for 10 in the morning and 10 in the evening. Don't strain your voice.
Word list
Say each word loudly, then tick off the days you practise it.
Phrase list
Say each phrase loudly, then tick off the days you practise it.
Loud voice in conversation
Pick a real conversation today and focus on keeping your voice loud all the way through. Check the Situations tab for ideas if you need one.
Tap a topic to mark it as practised with a loud voice. Use these for the conversation practice above.
Add your own situations
Any everyday situations where you'd like to practise using your loud voice?
How loud and clear did you sound?
Record yourself practising, then listen back and rate it.
Which strategies helped most?
Communication breakdowns
Think about a time there was a mix-up or misunderstanding.
Reflect on today's session
Note any situations where a loud voice helped, or anything you found difficult.
📧 Email your session notes
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