Doctors' Notes: Voice
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4.4 • 659 Ratings
🗓️ 21 April 2026
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
Chris and Xand continue their conversation about the complexities of the voice with speech and language therapist, Lydia Hart. They ask why so many of us cringe at the sound of our own voice and whether it’s really possible to change it. They explore how adjusting the way we speak can shape how others respond to us, hear from Lydia about the most common issues she sees in the clinic and find out why voice work often turns out to be about far more than just sound.
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Presenters: Drs Chris and Xand van Tulleken Guest: Lydia Hart Producer: Maia Miller-Lewis Executive Producer: Rami Tzabar Editor: Jo Rowntree Researcher: Grace Revill Tech Lead: Reuben Huxtable Social Media: Leon Gower Digital Lead: Richard Berry Composer: Phoebe McFarlane Sound Design: Ruth Rainey
At the BBC: Assistant Commissioner: Greg Smith Commissioning Editor: Rhian Roberts
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| 0:40.5 | Hello, welcome to Doctor's Notes. |
| 0:42.3 | I'm Dr. Chris Van Tilken, as ever. |
| 0:43.8 | I'm here with my identical twin brother. |
| 0:46.0 | That's me, Doctor's Aunt, and we've just finished recording an interview with Lydia Hart. |
| 0:50.9 | Lydia is a voice specialist, a speech and language therapist, and is also trained |
| 0:55.0 | in a number of holistic modalities like hypnotherapy. |
| 1:01.1 | In the main episode, we talked about how to look after our voices and what it would mean |
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