Mary Ann: In my work with professional singers, particularly those who perform night after night, I've observed that there is a great deal of vocal abuse that occurs because of lack of good health habits: the hours are long and typically go late into the night. Many of the performers have young children, so they're falling into bed at 2 a.m. and rising at 6:30 or 7am, with perhaps a quick nap in the afternoon before the children come home from school. They start their perform