Vocal Fold Dimensions in Professional Opera Singers as Measured by Means of Laser Triangulation

Journal of Voice

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 734-739

  Larsson, Hans ^a   Hertegård, Stellan ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Laser triangulation; Opera singer; Vocal fold length; Vocal fold strain; Vocal fold width

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LASER; MALE; PITCH; SINGING; TRIANGULATION; VOCAL CORD;

ADULT; BODY HEIGHT; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASERS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; PHONATION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPEECH ACOUSTICS; VOCAL CORDS; VOICE;

EID: 55549130296     PISSN: 08921997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvoice.2007.01.010     Document Type: Article

References (12)

1. Nishizawa N., Sawashima M., and Yonemoto K. Vocal fold length in vocal pitch change. In: Fujimura O. (Ed). Vocal Physiology: Voice Production Mechanisms and Functions (1988), Raven Press Ltd, New York, NY 75-81
2. Hertegård S., Håkansson A., and Thorstensen O. Vocal fold measurements with computer tomography. Scand J Log Phon 18 (1993) 57-63
3. Su M.C., Yeh T.H., Tan C.T., Lin C.D., Linne O.C., and Lee S.Y. Measurement of adult vocal fold length. J Laryngol Otol 116 (2002) 447-449
4. Schade G., Hess M., and Rassow B. Possibility for endolaryngeal morphometric measurements with a new laser light method. [in German]. HNO 50 (2002) 753-755
5. Larsson H., and Hertegård S. Calibration of high-speed imaging by laser triangulation. Logoped Phoniatr Vocol 29 (2004) 154-161
6. Sundberg J. The Science of the Singing Voice (1987), Illinois University Press, Dekalb, IL
7. Titze I. Principles of Voice Production (1994), Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
8. Ternström S. Soundswell Signal Workstation, Ver 4.00 Manual (2000), Hitech Development, Stockholm, Sweden
9. Larsson H., Hertegård S., Lindestad P.A., and Hammarberg B. Vocal fold vibrations: high-speed imaging, kymography, and acoustic analysis: a preliminary report. Laryngoscope 110 (2000) 2117-2122
10. Schuster M., Lohscheller J., Kummer P., Eysholdt U., and Hoppe U. Laser projection in high-speed glottography for high-precision measurements of laryngeal dimensions and dynamics. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol 262 (2005) 477-481
11. Roers F. Morphologische und stimmphysiologische Unterschiede zwischen Gesangsstudenten verschiedener Stimmgattungen [doctoral dissertation]. Dresden, Germany: Der Medizinischen Fakultat Carl Gustav Carus der Technischen Universitat Dresden; 2005.
12. Sonninen A., and Hurme P. Vocal fold strain and vocal pitch in singing: radiographic observations of singers and nonsingers. J Voice 12 (1998) 274-286