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From: john schweinfurth
To: VOCALIST <vocalist>
Subject: Re: Weight Lifting and the Voice
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On Mon, 03 Jan 2000 07:58:09 -0700, VOCALIST wrote:

Is there not also the possibility that holding the breath during weight
> training will tend to develop and enlarge the ventricular folds (false
> cords) such that they will partially obstruct the airway during
phonation?
> I have noticed a rather "husky" vocal quality from many weight trainers
> which is usually a symptom of partial closure of the ventricular folds.
--
> Lloyd W. Hanson, DMA
>

Jeez, I suppose it's possible but I've never witnessed it or eard of it
before. I would expect if the airway was partially obstructed that they
would have symptoms of partial obstruction and shortness of breath, but that
hasn't ben reported.

John M. Schweinfurth, MD
Laryngology and Professional Voice Care
Assistant Professor
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN
(615) 322-6180





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