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Pregnancy can bring unannounced changes to a woman’s voice. Hormonal shifts, vocal cord swelling, altered breathing, and acid ...

The aims of this study are to examine breathing and ventilation in people who depend on their voice for a living in order to develop a better understanding of the mechanisms that lead to vocal fatigue ...

Researchers discovered a brain circuit that drives vocalization and ensures that you talk only when you breathe out, and stop talking when you breathe in. This circuit is under control of a brainstem ...

From the way we clear our throats to the foods we eat our daily lifestyle choices have a direct and clear impact on our vocal ...

Some voices mellow with age, while others may struggle to speak. As our physical bodies change, our vocal cords are impacted, too. As we age, changes to our bodies such as muscle stiffening or loss of ...

Breathing technique is a vital component of operatic singing as it affects phonation or vocal sound production. Well-controlled and consistent breathing movements, such as rib cage and abdominal wall ...

If you’ve had to stop and catch your breath right in the middle of what otherwise would have been a badass rendition of Rue’s exploration of depression on “Euphoria” or Sally’s rapid-fire ...