Missing Voice

I guess I should have mentioned that since we got the bikes, around the 14th, I have been dealing with a nasty cold. I seem to have beat off most of it but I still have a dry cough and my voice has gone further south every day. Now, if I do try to speak, I sound like an Alvin Chipmunk wanna be, Beeker, or a Smurfette.

You could at least understand me last week, now, I can barely squeek above a whisper. It's very frustrating, especially if my interpreter/sound system goes on strike. I took Tuesday off and slept all day, literally. Cloraseptic, Tea and Honey, salt water gargle, zinc lozenges, all ended up in the "no help" catagory. So I am taking suggestions, what do you do when your voice gets lost?