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How our voices reveal anxiety

TEDxPittsburgh 2018Jun 20189 min273968 views

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Have you ever felt your throat closing up during a presentation, or your voice getting shaky during a stressful exchange with your boss? Speech pathologist Jackie Gartner-Schmidt shares the anatomical processes that cause our voices to betray our anxiety -- and some easy, practical ways to alleviate those telltale vocal tremors.