The raised or lowered velum/uvula reminded me of an old post that peaked my interest but had scant follow up information.
A long while ago on the list someone mentioned laser ablation of the uvula to reduce/remove, it in the aim of improving the singing voice. Does anyone have any info on this ?
I remember at the time looking in the mirror and thinking how much better the arch attached to the velum would appear if it didn't have the dangly bit, and thought it would be likely to improve the instrument to not have the damping bit of flesh in the way.
Any research been done on this ? Or human experimentation ?! (I haven't tried it myself yet ! :-)
Kevin.
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