vocal tract
Americannoun
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This is because humans have a voice print: our vocal tract leaves a unique signature in the tone of our voice across everything that we say.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 3, 2023
“You can push air through your vocal tract, create these tones and rhythms, and it’s like giving the baby an analgesic,” Dr. Mehr said.
From New York Times ● Jul. 24, 2022
The voice of a 3,000-year-old individual has been reproduced based on scans of his mummified vocal tract.
From Nature ● Jan. 30, 2020
The scans also allowed them to reproduce the vocal tract in a computer model, which they could then 3-D print.
From Scientific American ● Jan. 23, 2020
Either he soon would become "hipped" on the subject of innumerable imaginary throat troubles, or his voice-production would become mechanical, which is very different from the spontaneous adjustment of the vocal tract described above.
From The Voice Its Production, Care and Preservation by Frank E. Miller
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