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

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Contributors

  • Alexander Mainka - , Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Carl Maria von WeberCollege of Music, Dresden (Author)
  • Ivan Platzek - , Institute and Polyclinic of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Technische Universität Dresden (Author)
  • Anna Klimova - , TUD Dresden University of Technology (Author)
  • Willy Mattheus - , TUD Dresden University of Technology (Author)
  • Mario Fleischer - , Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Carl Maria von WeberCollege of Music, Dresden (Author)
  • Dirk Mürbe - , Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Carl Maria von WeberCollege of Music, Dresden (Author)

Abstract

Objective/hypothesis: 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. Study design: This is a prospective study. Methods: 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. Results: Male singers tended to narrow the epilaryngeal tube when increasing sound pressure level whereas female singers did not. Conclusion: Strategies of vocal tract adjustments during loudness variation in classical singing appear to be gender specific.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)44-56
Number of pages13
JournalLogopedics Phoniatrics Vocology
Volume48
Issue number1
Publication statusPublished - Apr 2023
Peer-reviewedYes

External IDs

PubMed 34644212

Keywords

Keywords

  • 3D, MRI, Vocal tract, gender, larynx–intensity, loudness, phonation, singing, Prospective Studies, Singing, Humans, Male, Sound, Phonation, Female, Voice Quality