Definitely, losing your voice is not fun for the person who is afflicted. I would try to only ask my son "yes" or "no" questions to which he responded by a thumbs up or thumbs down sign. Also if I had choices to offer him like "do you want chicken broth, beef broth or veggie broth" he would answer by holding up one, two or three fingers. There were times, though when he would get so frustrated with me, he would be trying to mouth words (probably naughty words) and wave his arms excitedly because of something I had not been able to interpret correctly or to his satisfaction that at one point it really struck me so funny! And I had to be so careful not to laugh. To help him be patient with me, I told him I had a hearing loss (I really didn't) and not always able to hear what he was trying to say in a whisper. Somehow, we got through it.