March 17, 2025
(Rockville, MD) Nationwide—in homes, bars, restaurants, and stadiums—fans will soon be shouting and screaming as they watch the NCAA Division 1 Basketball Tournament. Cheering on your favorite team is a lot of fun, but it also can be rough on your voice. To mitigate any temporary or even permanent vocal damage, the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) offers the following advice to fans:
For more information or to set up an interview with an ASHA-certified speech-language pathologist, email pr@asha.org.
About the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA)
ASHA is the national professional, scientific, and credentialing association for 241,000 members, certificate holders, and affiliates who are audiologists; speech-language pathologists; speech, language, and hearing scientists; audiology and speech-language pathology assistants; and students. Audiologists specialize in preventing and assessing hearing and balance disorders as well as providing audiologic treatment, including hearing aids. Speech-language pathologists (SLPs) identify, assess, and treat speech, language, and swallowing disorders.