CLASSICAL singers know they need to rest their voices after a performance, to avoid overstraining the larynx. Now measurement of the vibration of singers’ larynxes has shown that the vulnerable period may last much longer than most performers realise – possibly for as long as three days after the event.
But there is good news too. By resting their voices for two days before a heavy gig, singers can ease post-performance strain and hasten recovery before the next big challenge.
Thomas Carroll and his colleagues at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center in Denver attached a vibration sensor to the…
