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From:  "Caio Rossi" <caioross@z...>
Date:  Wed Sep 27, 2000  6:18 pm
Subject:  Re: [vocalist-temporary] student's ear pops while singing



prwtt@y... wrote:
> I am an experienced teacher (right now I have about 50 students), and
> I have been teaching voice full-time at the college level for about 6
> or 7 years. I now have a student (she is 19, a soprano freshman
> voice major) who says that her ears pop when she sings, and that it
> only happens when she is in head voice. This makes her wary of the
> high notes (understandable...) Have any of you experienced or heard
> of this particular problem? By the way, she does not have TMJ (that
> she knows of), and says that it feels like a pressure change in her
> ears, similar to being on a plane.
>
> This complaint is a new one for me:)

I have quite the same problem. In fact, my muscle protrudes when I open up
my mouth, and yes, that's TMJ. That problem, according to my former teacher
and my orthodontist does not necessarily cause that 'click', so she'd better
have it checked.

Bye,

Caio Rossi



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