A Tutorial of the Effects of Sex Hormones on Laryngeal Senescence and Neuromuscular Response to Exercise

Lenell, Charles; Sandage, Mary J.; Johnson, Aaron M.

doi:10.1044/2018_jslhr-s-18-0179

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“…As a consequence, vocal fold bowing and reduced glottal contact occur, with higher perceived breathiness in aged men’s voices compared to those of younger men. Moreover, increased F0 is observed in men’s senescence, with vocal feminization and a clearer tone of voice [ 16 , 52 , 55 ].…”

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Effect of sex hormones on human voice physiology: from childhood to senescence

Zamponi¹,

Mazzilli²,

Mazzilli³

et al. 2021

Hormones

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The aim of the present literature review is to describe the influence of sex hormones on the human voice in physiological conditions. As a secondary sexual organ, the larynx is affected by sex hormones and may change considerably over the lifespan. In the current review, sex hormone-related voice modifications occurring during childhood, puberty, the menstrual cycle, pregnancy and senescence are described. The roles of sex hormones (including gonadotropins, testosterone, estrogen, androstenedione, dehydroepiandrosterone, and dehydroepiandrosterone-sulfate) underlying physiological voice changes are discussed, the main differences between males and females are explained and clinical implications are taken into account.

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Section: Senescencementioning

confidence: 99%

Effect of sex hormones on human voice physiology: from childhood to senescence

Zamponi¹,

Mazzilli²,

Mazzilli³

et al. 2021

Hormones

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“…toward neuromuscular mechanisms for strength gains with less reliance on muscle hypertrophy. Lenell et al 18 provides a comprehensive review of the effects of sex hormones on laryngeal muscle senescence.…”

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Exercise Science and the Vocalist

Johnson

Sandage

2021

Journal of Voice

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The application of exercise science training knowledge has been of growing interest to voice professionals. This tutorial, derived from the authors' invited presentations from the "Exercise and the Voice" Special Session at the 2018 Voice Foundation Symposium, proposes a foundational theoretical structure based in exercise science, clarifies the wide range of variables that may influence voice training, and summarizes our present understanding of voice physiology from the perspective of muscle training. The body of literature on voice exercise was then analyzed from the perspective of this framework, identifying what we currently know and what we still have yet to learn.

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“…Future directions in this research could study age effects on female songbirds such as the Northern cardinal and house wren (Odom & Benedict, 2018). By studying age-related changes in both female and male songbirds, one can draw parallels with sex differences present in aging human voice (Dehqan, Scherer, Dashti, Ansari-Moghaddam, & Fanaie, 2012;Goy, Fernandes, Pichora-Fuller, & van Lieshout, 2013;Lenell, Sandage, & Johnson, 2019).…”

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Middle age, a key time point for changes in birdsong and human voice.

Badwal¹,

Borgstrom²,

Samlan³

et al. 2020

Behavioral Neuroscience

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Voice changes due to natural aging and neurodegenerative diseases are prevalent in the aging population and diminish quality of life. Most treatments involve behavioral interventions that target the larynx because of a limited understanding of central brain mechanisms. The songbird offers a unique entry-point into studying age-related changes in vocalizations because of a well-characterized neural circuitry for song that shares homology to human vocal control areas. Previously, we established a translational dictionary for evaluating acoustic features of birdsong in the context of human voice measurements. In the present study, we conduct extensive analyses of birdsongs from young, middle and old male zebra finches. Our findings show that birdsongs become louder with age and changes in periodic energy occur at middle age but are transient; songs appear to stabilize in old birds. Furthermore, faster songs are detected in finches at middle age compared to young and old finches. Vocal disorders in humans emerge at middle age, but the underlying brain pathologies are not wellidentified. The current findings will motivate future investigations using the songbird model to identify possible brain mechanisms involved in human vocal disorders of aging.

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A Tutorial of the Effects of Sex Hormones on Laryngeal Senescence and Neuromuscular Response to Exercise

Cited by 23 publications

References 88 publications

Effect of sex hormones on human voice physiology: from childhood to senescence

Effect of sex hormones on human voice physiology: from childhood to senescence

Exercise Science and the Vocalist

Middle age, a key time point for changes in birdsong and human voice.

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