Phonatory breathing strategies in professionally trained singers  a dynamic MRI study

Traser, Louisa; Rummel, Silvia; Schwab, Carmen; Burk, Fabian; Özen, AC; Bock, Michael; Echternach, Matthias; Richter, Bernhard

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“…In contrast, a more thorax related respiratory pattern was utilized by male singers whose vocal fold vibratory patterns are generally characterized by higher glottal airflow, larger amplitude and thus maximum flow declination rate (MFDR; Sulter and Wit, 1996 ). In this context it is very interesting to see that in a single subject study, a professional female singer increased her thorax inspiration by about 20% when she switched from Western classically style to belting ( Traser et al, 2020b ), a contemporary music singing style which is characterized by a higher degree of glottal adduction ( Sundberg et al, 1993 ) and higher vertical laryngeal position ( Echternach et al, 2014 ). In the next step also the interaction between the vertical laryngeal position and the acoustics of the vocal tract shall be discussed.…”

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Differences of respiratory kinematics in female and male singers – A comparative study using dynamic magnetic resonance imaging

Traser

Schwab²,

Burk³

et al. 2022

Front. Psychol.

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Breath control is an important factor for singing voice production, but pedagogic descriptions of how a beneficial movement pattern should be performed vary widely and the underlying physiological processes are not understood in detail. Differences in respiratory movements during singing might be related to the sex of the singer. To study sex-related differences in respiratory kinematics during phonation, 12 singers (six male and six female) trained in the Western classical singing tradition were imaged with dynamic magnetic resonance imaging. Singers were asked to sustain phonation at five different pitches and loudness conditions, and cross-sectional images of the lung were acquired. In each dynamic image frame the distances between anatomical landmarks were measured to quantify the movements of the respiratory apparatus. No major difference between male and female singers was found for the general respiratory kinematics of the thorax and the diaphragm during sustained phonation. However when compared to sole breathing, male singers significantly increased their thoracic movements for singing. This behavior could not be observed in female singers. The presented data support the hypothesis that professional singers follow sex-specific breathing strategies. This finding may be important in a pedagogical context where the biological sex of singer and student differ and should be further investigated in a larger cohort.

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Differences of respiratory kinematics in female and male singers – A comparative study using dynamic magnetic resonance imaging

Traser

Schwab²,

Burk³

et al. 2022

Front. Psychol.

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Phonatory breathing strategies in professionally trained singers a dynamic MRI study

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Differences of respiratory kinematics in female and male singers – A comparative study using dynamic magnetic resonance imaging

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