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To explore how aging affects the larynx and voice mechanism and the implications for voice training.

April 17, 2026

The Aging Larynx

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To explore how aging affects the larynx and voice mechanism and the implications for voice training.
Review of anatomical and physiological changes associated with aging in the larynx and voice mechanism.
Discussion on common voice symptoms attributed to age.
Recommendations for singing teachers regarding training methods to address these symptoms.
Changes in the larynx can start from the forties and become symptomatic in later decades.
Many voice issues associated with aging are influenced by conditioning.
Voice training can lead to improvements in voice symptoms regardless of age.

Abstract

Abstract: Aging changes in the larynx and elsewhere in the voice mechanism recur throughout life and may become symptomatic at any age from the forties through the seventies, eighties, or nineties. Singing teachers should be familiar with expected anatomic and physiologic changes, as well as the fact that many voice symptoms usually attributed to age really are due to conditioning and can be improved through training.

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Philip J. Maxwell

Parastou Azadeh Ranjbar

Robert T. Sataloff

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Journal of Singing

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