Pitch Perfect's Vocal Cord Nodules

Becca (played by Anna Kendrick) In the hilarious movie Pitch Perfect , Becca played by the lovely Anna Kendrick participates in an all-female a capella singing group. During a critical juncture in the movie, one of the soloist Chloe (played by Brittany Snow ) reveals she had been living (and singing) with vocal cord nodules . The movie implies that Chloe's vocal cord nodules were surgically removed and that perhaps days later, she resumed singing, though not recovered to the degre…

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What Makes a Voice Sound Attractive?

Ever hear a voice that sounded sexy or attractive? Ever build a mental image of what a stranger on the phone may look like purely based on the sound of the voice??? Well, according to researchers , an attractive voice reflects an attractive perceived body size. A group of human subjects listened to the same sentence that was manipulated by altering pitch, acoustic resonance, and voice quality based on body size projections reported for animal calls and emotional human vocal expressions. …

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Men with Deeper Voices are More Successful

©  Dreamstime Agency  |  Dreamstime Stock Photos A Duke University study has found that men with deeper voices not only are more successful, but also make significantly more money. How much more money? $187,000 per year more than men with higher-pitched voices. How much deeper does the voice need to be to make a difference? Apparently 22.1 hertz which is approximately 1/6 the difference between the pitch of James Earl Jones (low-pitch) and Mike Tyson (high-pitch). Other research (see b…

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