I've spent some time this morning reading the government's Menopause in the Workplace Literature Review. As expected there was no reference to menopausal voice change due to the vanishingly small number of papers that focus on this, few of which focus on the employment experience of professional voice users or menopausal workers in general. There were however a few things worth noting that caught my eye in the review: - The estimated annual cost of menopause-related issues

Our voices go through change at many life stages – puberty brings some of the first noticeable changes, then our voice is affected by menstruation each month, and can then be influenced by pregnancy, medication, illness, and other hormonal events. One of the biggest of these is menopause, which for 46% of us will be accompanied by vocal change. Menopause and voice change Menopausal vocal change can vary considerably from person to person but there are 10 key symptoms notice