title: [MRI examination of laryngeal height during vowel singing].
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.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Phoniatrie und Pädaudiologie, Medizinische Fakultät, RWTH Aachen, Deutschland.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Neuschaefer-Rube
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Wein
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Angerstein
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Klajman
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007830:Larynx / Q000502:physiology*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010699:Phonation / Q000502:physiology*; D010700:Phonetics; D014833:Voice Quality