The other day, I was in a restaurant that gave out helium-filled balloons. Hmm, I thought...I remembered as a kid taking a breath from one, and the helium made my voice sound like a chipmunk! (I'll bet a lot of you tried this at one time). Anyway I read that the helium relaxes your vocal cords, and wondered what it would do to my AB SD voice.

So, when I got home, I tried it. Lo and behold, it eased my spasms! HOWEVER, it didn't get rid of all the breaks...but it made my voice less breathy with less effort to speak. Within about 10 seconds, the effect wore off, and I was back to my regular breathy voice. I tried it a couple more times and got the same results. I had a friend with me, and he agreed there was a temporary improvement...well, if you could call a less breathy chipmunk voice an improvement! It was a fun and interesting experiment.