Monday, June 9, 2025

Pharyngeal voice

Puberphonia treatment exercises focus on improving pharyngeal function and lowering pitch. Techniques often involve humming, "BOOM" exercises, snoring, coughing, sighing, and pharyngeal manipulation. 
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Pharyngeal speech involves using the pharynx as the primary source of airflow and a replacement for the glottis to produce sounds. The tongue, upper alveolus, palate, uvula or pharyngeal wall can be used to create these sounds. 
Production:
Individuals using pharyngeal speech can draw air into the pharynx and manipulate it with the uvula and other structures to create a variety of sounds. This can involve constricting the pharynx or using other movements to modify the airflow. 
Characteristics:
Pharyngeal speech can have a low pitched voice quality, and it can be difficult to produce certain sounds, consonant clusters, or polysyllabic words according to a study on a patient using pharyngeal speech. Intelligibility can also be a challenge, especially for those not familiar with the speaker. In puberphonia still a good vocal cords are there. All the disadvantages can be compensated

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