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As a voice specialist, I recently had the opportunity to conduct research at NIDA (National Institute of Dramatic Art) looking at vocal creak in student actors. I'll admit, I went into this study with plenty of questions: Would their voice training affect their everyday speaking patterns? Does creak show up more in casual conversation than formal speech? Here's what I discovered... What's Vocal Creak, Anyway? If you're not familiar with the term, vocal creak (or vocal fry, cr