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How To AVOID Vocal Fry

17 Jan 2026 · 0 min

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This content was created by Lewis Howes. This content was uploaded by Lewis Howes. This is a YouTube video titled "How To AVOID Vocal Fry" created on January 17, 2026, featuring Vanessa Van Edwards discussing the concept of Vocal Fry, its causes, and how to avoid it by encouraging more airflow through the vocal cords.

If I tense my vocal cords right now, I'll begin to go into Vocal Fry when your voice sounds like sizzling bacon, it's horrible. The reason why we'll accidentally go into Fry is because we're literally clenching our vocal cords, and they cannot get enough breath. If other people on your team are using Vocal Fry just to ask them to speak up, it will push more air through your vocal cords, and it makes them hum.