title: Estimated subglottal pressure in six professional country singers.
abstract: Estimates of subglottal pressure in six professional male country singers were obtained during the /p/ occlusion while the subjects spoke, sang a country tune, and sang the tune of the United States national anthem. The subglottal pressure values, which were very similar in both the speech-like and singing-mode syllables, usually measured below 45 cm of water column, but they ranged as high as 59 cm. The sound pressure level in singing was also measured and was lower than that discovered in classically trained singers at high subglottal pressures.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee 37212-3192, USA.
authors.forename: T F
authors.initials: TF
authors.lastname: Cleveland
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Stone
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sundberg
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Iwarsson
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D007830:Larynx / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D009146:Music; D010699:Phonation / Q000502:physiology*; D013060:Speech / Q000502:physiology*; D013068:Speech Production Measurement; D014833:Voice Quality