The Kansas Voice Center in Lawrence, 1112 W. Sixth St., Suite 216, will offer free voice screenings that will include a computerized voice analysis on April 16. This year’s theme will be “Invest in your voice.”

World Voice Day, April 16, serves as an education campaign to inform the public of the importance of the human voice and the need for preventive care.

Many demands are placed on our voices, and poor speaking techniques, prolonged and loud talking, poor vocal hygiene and other environmental factors can adversely affect the voice. If problems occur and treatment is ignored, more significant problems can develop.