From: Jennifer Danielle Madvig
To: VOCALIST <vocalist>
Subject: Re: maturation of the voice
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Well, I know a little about this. Your larynx grows with your body. So
that is one reason for the changing of voice. Also, training helps to
make it more efficient. And in older people, the cartiledge begins to
ossify and harden. That causes a wobble in older voices.

-Jenie Madvig

On Mon, 7 Feb 2000, Maryam Frederick wrote:

> Besides improvement because of training, can anyone out there explain why
> the voice changes so much with age? I'm interested in what happens
> physically, if anything.
>