As some of you know, I have started working at the local college teaching History and Varieties of English. There I met a bloke who teaches voice production to students. When I talked to him (he is a doctor - a speech therapist) he noticed that my vocal chords sound as if they were really tense and uptight. He offered some help, but since I have had the problem of hoarse/husky voice (probably as a result of glottis insufficiency) ever since I was a child, he said it's gonna be really difficult to fix it. But he also said that 90% of whether we will have a successful outcome is up to me.
If anyone is interested in what kind of stuff he tells me to do (vioce / vocal exercises) I'll try and post some on here. Next week, maybe. now, I am off to study how voice is produced and what my voice disorder is really about.