Voice Health Checklist
Voices change with age, but there's no standard "voice age", and only a specialist can examine the voice box. This page does not estimate one. It counts voice symptoms and habits the NHS gives advice about.
Before you start
Method : Voice Health Checklist — a custom points score written by this site. Each answer adds or subtracts the points shown in the Methodology table below.
Validation : Unvalidated. The points have never been tested against any laboratory measurement or health outcome, and the result is not an age.
Review : not reviewed by a qualified clinician. Educational only — not a diagnosis or a medical test.
See a GP if a hoarse voice doesn't improve after 2 weeks or keeps coming back (NHS). Difficulty breathing or swallowing needs urgent help.
Your answers stay in this browser tab; nothing is sent or stored.
Answer the questions, then press Calculate score.
How to Use This Calculator
- Answer each question.
- Press Calculate score.
- Read the breakdown and suggestions.
Methodology & assumptions
Your score is the sum of the points below. The weights are our own judgement. The old version added made-up years for pitch change, breath support and singing training, scored women and men differently and gave a "voice age". Those were removed with the age output.
| Factor | Answer | Points |
|---|---|---|
| Hoarse or croaky voice | Rarely | 0 |
| Sometimes, gets better | +1 | |
| Lasting more than 2 weeks | +3 | |
| Smoking | Never | 0 |
| Former | +1 | |
| Current | +2 | |
| Heavy voice use (teaching, calls, singing, shouting) | Light | 0 |
| Moderate | 0 | |
| Hours a day | +1 | |
| Heartburn or acid reflux | Rarely | 0 |
| Most weeks | +1 | |
| Alcohol (UK units a week) | 14 or fewer | 0 |
| More than 14 | +1 |
Worked examples
Hoarse for more than 2 weeks, smokes, hours of voice use, reflux most weeks, more than 14 units: 3 + 2 + 1 + 1 + 1 = +8 points.
Rarely hoarse, never smoked, moderate use, no reflux, 14 units or fewer: 0 points.
Understanding your result
This counts symptoms and habits you reported. It is not a voice assessment and not an age. Health-agency guidance linked below is general and based on populations, not on this score.
Sources & further reading
The points table is our own convention and is not taken from these sources.
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