Relationship between epilarynx tube shape and the radiated sound pressure level during phonation is gender specific.

Autor: Mainka, Alexander, Platzek, Ivan, Klimova, Anna, Mattheus, Willy, Fleischer, Mario, Mürbe, Dirk
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Zdroj: Logopedics Phoniatrics Vocology; Apr2023, Vol. 48 Issue 1, p44-56, 13p
Abstrakt: The aim of the study was to measure the morphology of the epilaryngeal tube during sustained phonation as a function of loudness variation and to compare subjects of different genders. This is a prospective study. Five female and five male classically trained singers were recorded by magnetic resonance imaging with simultaneous audio recordings while sustaining phonation at three different loudness conditions. Three-dimensional subsections of the vocal tract were segmented on multi-image-based cross-sections. Different volume and area measures were determined and their relation to sound pressure level and loudness condition was analyzed. Male singers tended to narrow the epilaryngeal tube when increasing sound pressure level whereas female singers did not. Strategies of vocal tract adjustments during loudness variation in classical singing appear to be gender specific. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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