Take care of your voice!! Taking good care of your voice is important. Some tips which might make your voice better. • Drink at least 8-10 glasses of water per day. Drink warm water if possible. • Avoid oily, fried foods as much as possible. • Avoid excessive drinking of coffee, tea, aerated and hard drinks. • Avoid excessive talking on the phone for long periods of time. If absolutely necessary use breaks in between long periods of talking. • Do not raise your voice or strain your voice. If any voice breaks occur, drink some warm water. • Don't clear your throat or cough habitually. • Don't speak in a low monotone or allow pitch vocal energy to drop so low that the sound becomes gravelly (glottal fry). • Do keep the voice at a comfortable pitch. • Don't force your voice in a register beyond comfortable pitch. • Do keep your keep your upper and lower teeth separated allowing the jaw to remain passive and flowing as you speak. • Don't ever clench your teeth or hold your jaw tense. • Do position yourself as close as possible, and always face the person you are speaking with. • Don't out-talk or out-sing environmental noise. • Don't ever whisper. • Do allow for several periods of voice rest during the day, especially when ill or tired. • Don't use your voice extensively when you have a cold. • Take steam inhalation everyday for keeping vocal mechanism moist. • Drink some warm water with honey in the morning • Use your voice carefully, avoid situations which may require you to raise your voice.