What steps can you take to alleviate or soothe laryngitis?

For patients who do develop a viral laryngitis, symptoms will typically resolve on their own within one to three weeks, but there are things patients can do on their own to help speed up recovery. One is voice rest, as much as patients are able to rest the voice. It will help. Things like throat clearing, coughing and whispering though have the same impact as speaking normally. So when we say voice rest, we want you to limit all of those things. Also, lots and lots of hydration and rest will help speed up recovery, and non-mentholated cough drops. The menthol can actually have a drying effect on the vocal cords. So even though they can feel nice in the back of the throat, they can actually hinder recovery.