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Posted by Nikki
on 10/9/2006, 4:27 pm, in reply to ""baby" voice"
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It's almost impossible to work on voice with kids so young, especially when you're targeting pitch. The "baby voice" may be psychogenic. Unless the child has a medical condition, like an unusually small larynx, I wouldn't treat "baby voice" at all. In my district, we're not allowed to treat voice without a documented medical condition. I would counsel the parents to wait it out and to not comment negatively on it or positively on it. I think it would be best not to reinforce it at all (ignore it; similar to stuttering) and see if it goes away on its own when it receives no attention (reinforcement).
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Thank you for sharing!