At 01:34 PM 4/21/00 -0700, you wrote:
>On 21 Apr 2000, michael.chesebro wrote:
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>>When women are in belting mode, they are phonating without the use
>>of the loft register. The full length of the vocal folds are not in
>>use when the loft register is not engaged. . . .
Then:
>Michael:
>
>This same mention of not using the full length of the vocal folds . . .
. . . I would be most interested and appreciative if you can
>point me toward some research studies that define this phenomenon in
>more detail.
>
>Thanks for your help.
>
>Lloyd W. Hanson, DMA
Dr. Hanson et al;
I have to admit to not knowing of research that confirms this phenomenon, however, I have had the opportunity to observe singers being scoped for assessment of nodules. In those sessions, the singers produced both an ordinary speech mode and a loft production (opera singer voice). The shift in vocal fold posture was dramatic. You couldn't miss it. That would make my assertion imperical, but, I think you would probably agree. I will check the literature for reference to loft and modal registers. My text on vocal physiology equates loft with falsetto in its explanation--too broad a stroke for this complex subject.
I'll get back to you on this.
Michael E. Chesebro, M.A.,C.C.C., S.L.P.
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