MRI EXAMINATION OF LARYNX HEIGHT POSITION S DURING VOWEL SINGING

Larynx height positions were determined in 12 singing students and sin gers with magnetic resonance imaging. The examinations were carried ou t during the singing of 9 different pitch and loudness combinations of the vowels /a/, /u/ and /i/. It could be demonstrated that vertical l arynx position differences were smaller in professional singers than i n students. In 10 of 12 examined volunteers a correlation between rais ed larynx position and high pitch singing or between lowered larynx po sition and low pitch singing could be observed in at least one of the examined vowels. Loudness-dependent and vowel-dependent differences of larynx height position could not be identified.