Phonation

Laughing gas has been used as an anesthesia for dentistry since 1844. Up to today, it has been used for many other medical procedures and surgeries, but it is widely known and used for oral surgeries. The procedure of laughing gas in surgery is very simple, Dinitrogen monoxide (N2O) is a gas in which you inhale. When you inhale the colourless gas, it reaches the brain in around 20 seconds and it starts to relax your body and develop pain-killing properties to keep you composed and calm. You…

A hypophonic voice is characterized as weak and breathy. Hypophonic voice due to unilateral vocal fold paralysis is a common voice disorders in adults. Another cause that leads to hypophonic voice is vocal fold atrophy due to certain neurologic diseases or aging. However, considering its prevalence among adults, treatments are limited. Treatment typically consists of voice therapy combined with behavioral approaches or surgery. Behavioral treatment includes exercises, such as vocal Function…

How to Improve Your Tone The Snippet Singers need to have the best tone possible. Fortunately, there are several techniques people can use to improve their tone. These techniques work for novice and advanced singers alike. They are easy to implement and can help people get a better tone right away. The Details Spend time warming up. You will have a hard time having a good tone if your voice isn’t warmed up. Spend ten to twenty minutes warming up before you sing so your vocal cords will be ready…

There has been many challenges that I have had to face during my life, yet none of those challenges compare to the one I have and am still facing. When I was about two years old my mother had noticed that whenever I cried my voice didn’t sound like any other toddler. Instead it sounded more like a whisper with some raspiness to it. She decided to take me to the hospital and there they informed her that I had a virus. These virus is named Human Papilloma Virus which is incurable. The virus has a…

11. Tiny white bumps on lips Bumps on lips go beyond just being a health issue because it lowers a person’s level of confidence, and cause emotional distress. You will often get frustrated when afflicted by tiny white bumps on lips as most of the time you may imagine the people around could be thinking you have a sexually transmitted disease. However, small white bumps on lips have various causes, some which are serious health issues while are others are simply non-issues at all. The spots we…

Whenever my brother in law calls my sister, her phone has a specific ringtone to it, she does not have strong feelings for the ringtone/song, but her husband loves it. When the song is played on the radio, she doesn’t have any strong reactions to it. The song is a neutral stimulus because it doesn't elicit any strong emotions from her. However, she loves talking to her husband and,every time she talks to him she smiles because she love him so much. Her husband is a Unconditioned stimulus…

Annotated Bibliography Ashley Raybon & Regine Yaites COMP 357 Abilene Christian University Annotated Bibliography Question: How do hormones affect the voice? Amir, O., Kishon-Rabin, L., & Muchnik, C. (2002). The effect of oral contraceptives on voice. Journal of Voice, 16(2), 267-273. doi: 10.1016/s0892-1997(02)00096-6 A group of ten women were evaluated in this study. They were divided into two groups, five who use birth control pills and five who do not use birth control pills. The…

In order for proper safe and healthy singing techniques one most understand how the velum, pharynx, tongue, jaw, lips and how they work together. A singer must also understand how all of these muscles make up the structure that contributes to production of sustained singing voice. The soft palate is responsible for closing off the nasal passages when one swallows, and also for closing off the airway. When someone sneezes, it protects the nasal passage by directing a portion of the substance to…

Brassed Off is a film set in Yorkshire, making it a great source of input to analyse the Yorkshire accent. Yorkshire pronunciation shares some features with other northern English accents, however, it also has many phonological features of its own, as well as a set of vocabulary which is exclusive to the Yorkshire region. In terms of phonology, a few of the most distinguishable characteristics of this accent are the ones that follow. First of all, the glottal stop, a good example of which could…

linked with the basal ganglia control circuit pathology. The disorder can manifest in the patient’s voice, articulation, respiration, and prosody. It can cause harsh-hoarse voice quality, reduce range of motion (ROM), reduced vocal cords, reduced phonation time, reduced and monoloudness of pitch, and/or low rate with intermittent rapid bursts. The disorder is associated with the basal ganglia control circuit pathology which consists of the basal ganglia and its connections. The basal ganglia are…