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why might you wake up without a voice?

  • Written by: Deborah Hersh, Associate Professor, Speech Pathology, Edith Cowan University
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Why do you lose your voice approximately 12 hours after you scream too much? If I scream a lot one day the next morning I can barely speak. However, I can speak right after I scream. Kheenav, age 11, from Glen Waverley, Victoria

why might you wake up without a voice?

Hi Kheenav, thank you for your question!

First, I’ll explain a bit about your voice. Then...

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as virus numbers peak, governments are charting the path out of lockdown

  • Written by: Fron Jackson-Webb, Deputy Editor/Senior Health + Medicine Editor

As the world approaches 2.5 million coronavirus cases, some regions have reached the peak of the virus and the number of new cases and deaths is slowing.

This includes New York, the epicentre of the pandemic in the United States. It has had almost 15,000 deaths so far, but is seeing fewer deaths each day. Meanwhile, case numbers in Europe have...

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Former Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on his autobiography, 'A Bigger Picture'

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra

In this episode of Politics with Michelle Grattan, former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull gives his frank assessment of Scott Morrison as a former colleague and as prime minister, warns about the right of the Liberal party, and tongue lashes News Corp.

As Treasurer, Morrison at times infuriated then PM Turnbull by leaking to the media and...

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Finlay Macdonald joins The Conversation in New Zealand

  • Written by: Liz Minchin, Executive Editor, New Zealand
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The Conversation is expanding our New Zealand coverage by appointing Finlay Macdonald as the new NZ Editor: Politics, Business + Arts.

Finlay Macdonald joins The Conversation in New Zealand

Finlay is an award-winning journalist, editor, publisher and broadcaster with 30 years’ experience in the New Zealand media. He has been editor of current affairs magazine The Listener, a publisher...

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  1. five experts on New Zealand's move to ease its coronavirus lockdown
  2. new rules could finally force Google and Facebook to pay for news
  3. Can I visit my loved one in hospital even if they don't have coronavirus?
  4. Giant leap for corporations? The Trump administration wants to mine resources in space, but is it legal?
  5. Are you worried someone you care about is thinking of suicide? Here's how you can support them from afar
  6. Don’t worry, your child’s early learning doesn’t stop just because they’re not in childcare
  7. Why do more men die from coronavirus than women?
  8. Artists shouldn't have to endlessly demonstrate their value. Coalition leaders used to know it
  9. 3 in 4 Australians employed in the creative and performing arts could lose their jobs
  10. Why a 'locals-first' approach doesn't work in a pandemic
  11. Now more than ever, we need quality health reporting in Australia
  12. How a 150-year-old experiment with a beam of light showed germs exist -- and that a face mask can help filter them out
  13. Has coronavirus killed ideology? No, it's just cycled it around again
  14. As coronavirus widens the renter-owner divide, housing policies will have to change
  15. Anzac biscuits, battles and a great Australian isolation bake-off
  16. don't sacrifice health for 'the economy'
  17. The coronavirus supplement is the biggest boost to Indigenous incomes since Whitlam. It should be made permanent
  18. Government orders mandatory code of conduct for Google, Facebook
  19. Malcolm Turnbull gives his very on-the-record account of Scott Morrison
  20. Michelle Grattan on Australia’s 'new normal', education and coronavirus elimination
  21. The charts that show coronavirus pushing up to a quarter of the workforce out of work
  22. here are 3 things to prioritise
  23. So you're going to school online – here are 6 ways to make the most of it
  24. What might trigger a return to 'normal'? Why our coronavirus exit strategy is ... TBC
  25. the data on why New Zealand should relax its coronavirus lockdown from Thursday
  26. smart move, or a premium tech brand losing its way?
  27. what does the Federal Court decision on the Tamil asylum-seeker family mean?
  28. How can we restore trust in media? Fewer biases and conflicts of interest, a new study shows
  29. I travelled Australia looking for peacock spiders, and collected 7 new species (and named one after the starry night sky)
  30. new Murray Darling Basin report reveals states' climate gamble
  31. Great time to try: pickling
  32. Virgin Australia gets a lifeline, but will it be enough?
  33. Latest coronavirus modelling suggests Australia on track, detecting most cases – but we must keep going
  34. Australia's coronavirus schools messaging must address teacher concerns
  35. how your diet should change with each stage of life
  36. More testing will give us a better picture of the coronavirus spread and its slowdown
  37. when television hosts take their shows home they fuel nostalgia
  38. This isn't the first global pandemic, and it won't be the last. Here's what we've learned from 4 others throughout history
  39. can sex in isolation be as fulfilling as real life?
  40. Australia has truly excellent food security
  41. The smoke from autumn burn-offs could make coronavirus symptoms worse. It’s not worth the risk
  42. APRA's extraordinary gift to banks under pressure to pay dividends
  43. Intergenerational fairness puts COVID-19 obligation on older people
  44. Government funding to Qantas and Virgin to ensure air services on key routes
  45. Even in a pandemic, continue with routine health care and don't ignore a medical emergency
  46. a guide to coughs in the time of coronavirus
  47. new warnings on New Zealand's rivers and lakes
  48. Hackers can access your mobile and laptop cameras and record you – cover them up now
  49. How much has Australia really flattened the curve of coronavirus? Until we keep better records, we don't know
  50. East Asian vloggers celebrate the domestic space

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