First of all, has Jordin Sparks voice fully recovered?
Roger Burnley: Her problem was easy to correct with proper voice training. At the time everyone was concerned that she had damaged it permanently but that wasn’t the case. LAE: I thought she had an acute vocal chord hemorrhage. Isn’t that a hole in your vocal chord? RB: It’s better to think of it as a blister that broke. With proper vocal rest the chords have an amazing ability to heal themselves. However, if you go back to the same vocal habits, it can happen again. LAE: And can that cause a permanent problem? RB: It can if it continually happens for then you start to form scar tissue on the chords. That can lead to permanent damage. Even nodules can heal without surgery if there is enough voice rest and retraining. LAE: What were some of Jordin Sparks bad habits? RB: Singing while pushing the larynx, or voice box up. This can easily happen with numerous performances and fatigue. She also has a habit of switching to a falsetto tone a little too frequently and that can wear out the cho
