What is in the larynx, really? We speak of “vocal chords”, but if I disected the larynxes of a human male and female…I doub’t it’d look like a big harp in the male and a little lyre in the female! There is supposedly some mucous lining that vibrates as air rushes past the larynx, right? Is it actually a break, or discontinuity, on one side of the upper trechea…like the opening notch in a flute, across which one would blow, that makes the sounds and tones?
And if so, then what causes laryngitis…and can you combat it quickly, or nurse it back to normal? In my flute example, is it like what would happen if someone put a finger across that notch in the flute? In short, the sound is greatly dampened. Is this a good way to think of the mechanics of the larynx?
Repeating hot liquids periodically. And, using an expectorant to try and break up whatever I WAG is in my chest, although my cough is not a phlegm-like cough at this time. But, I WAG my cough should be more phlegm-like to help things progressing along so I can get my voice back to normal?
Left speechless and going to Mime School… 
- Jinx
