MRI examination of laryngeal height during vowel singing
Folia Phoniatrica et Logopaedica, 48 (4):
201--9 (January 1996)Abstract
Larynx height positions were determined in 12 singing students and
singers with magnetic resonance imaging. The examinations were carried
out during the singing of 9 different pitch and loudness combinations
of the vowels /a/, /u/ and /i/. It could be demonstrated that vertical
larynx position differences were smaller in professional singers
than in students. In 10 of 12 examined volunteers a correlation between
raised larynx position and high pitch singing or between lowered
larynx position and low pitch singing could be observed in at least
one of the examined vowels. Loudness-dependent and vowel-dependent
differences of larynx height position could not be identified.