This film explores the physiology of the larynx under daily stress through ultra slow-motion cinematography. It examines various vocal activities, such as singing, laughing, and talking, and their ...

The iconic baleen whales, such as the blue, gray and humpback whale, depend on sound for communication in the vast marine environment where they live. Now researchers have for the first time found ...

Kimberly Quincy, a first-year graduate student in UW’s Division of Communication Disorders, displays a 3D human larynx model she created using an online software program as part of the Make-IT ...

The larynx is a small structure of cartilage that connects the throat to the windpipe. It is located in the front of the neck and houses the vocal cords, producing speech sounds and contributing to ...

Note the development of an exponential relationship. (Source: Ikari T, Sasaki C. Glottic closure reflex: control mechanisms Ann Otol Rhino Laryngol 1980;89(3): 220-224, with permission from Annals ...

In a first-of-its-kind study, Mount Sinai researchers have used sensory mapping to discover that the posterior part of the larynx (closest to the swallowing tract) is the main area of the voice box to ...

The elastic recoil of the lungs provides the necessary acoustic energy, while the diaphragm, intercostal muscles, and abdominal muscles manipulate how that air is released through the larynx, a ...

(Source: Ikari T, Sasaki C. Glottic closure reflex: control mechanisms Ann Otol Rhino Laryngol 1980;89(3): 220-224, with permission from Annals Publishing Co.) ...