Better Voice is brilliant if you have damaged vocal cords. You'll learn how to produce your voice in a way that will allow the damage to heal and prevent any further damage. Obviously if you are having medical treatment you should check with your doctor first, but we can guarantee that our techniques, practised as directed in the courses, will not harm your voice in any way.

Preventing your voice from getting tired is one of the great benefits of Better Voice. Your voice is designed to be used as much as you want. But it will tire when you speak or sing from your throat. With Better Voice you learn how to take your voice out of your throat, which automatically stops it getting tired when you use it a lot.

People who practise Better Voice usually find they become much more confident when they have to use their voice in public. This is because they know they sound good and they know their voice won't let them down. They've also learnt how to breathe and stand better, which allows them to stay more relaxed.

That depends what’s causing the soreness. If it’s the type that comes on when you have to speak or sing a lot, and gets worse the more you use your voice, then Better Voice should certainly help you. This type of sore throat is a sign that you're using your voice in the wrong way, and our courses can deal with that. If your sore throat is the result of an upper respiratory tract infection, then resting your voice as much as possible is the quickest way to get it back to normal. If you have an unexplained sore throat for more than a couple of weeks then consult your doctor.

It's never too late – to learn Better Voice or to do a lot of other things in your life! The Better Voice technique will help keep your voice strong and healthy, which is a great way to sound and feel younger. If you used to sing but had to stop because your voice was no longer up to it, you may well find that our technique gives your singing voice a new lease of life too.

It's not recommended. Your singing teacher is teaching you their way, not our technique. So having lessons from them and practising Better Voice at the same time will be like trying to get somewhere in a car while one of your passengers is giving you one set of directions and another is giving you a completely different set. If you try to mix and match the two sets you're highly likely to get you lost. Your teacher's method may get you where you want to go – though by another route – or it may take you somewhere different that you like less. Ideally you should read what White's Technique can promise you, ask your teacher what their method offers, and then make up your mind whose directions you are going to follow.

It's not ideal, especially at the beginning. Better Voice completely retrains the way you use your voice. But every time you go to choir practice you'll slip back into the same (usually bad) habits of voice production that you've been used to. It's best to take a break from your choir, or any other regular singing, until producing your voice the Better Voice way has become normal and natural for you.