Bathroom Opera

Ageing is a part of life that we cannot control, but there are more and more ways that can help decrease the speed of the ageing process.  One of the biggest signs of ageing that is normally forgotten about is our voice.  The voice muscles, like all of our muscles need looking after, with many people over 65 suffering from voice problems and others left sounding older than they actually are.

Voice is produced by many different workings in the upper body.  To form the sound of voice that we are familiar with, the muscles of the abdominal wall and rib cage squeeze the lungs, making them exhale breath.  When airflow comes up the windpipe it passes through the vocal cords, causing them to vibrate creating a buzzing noise.  At the same time, the larynx, or voice box, adjusts the tension of the chord producing pitch.

Ageing is a part of life that we cannot control, but there are more and more ways that can help decrease the speed of the ageing process.  One of the biggest signs of ageing that is normally forgotten about is our voice.  The voice muscles, like all of our muscles need looking after, with many people over 65 suffering from voice problems and others left sounding older than they actually are.

Voice is produced by many different workings in the upper body.  To form the sound of voice that we are familiar with, the muscles of the abdominal wall and rib cage squeeze the lungs, making them exhale breath.  When airflow comes up the windpipe it passes through the vocal cords, causing them to vibrate creating a buzzing noise.  At the same time, the larynx, or voice box, adjusts the tension of the chord producing pitch.