Kimberly Quincy, a first-year graduate student in UW’s Division of Communication Disorders, displays a 3D human larynx model she created using an online software program as part of the Make-IT ...

The evolution of the human larynx contributed to the stable voices we use to communicate. The morphological changes do not include the addition of structures but rather the loss of specific vocal ...

For more than fifty years, scientists have thought that the origin of speech depended on one pivotal moment 200,000 years ago. That’s when the human larynx descended, elongating the vocal tract. Until ...

300,000 people world-wide have had their larynx surgically removed as a result of cancer treatment, and the number is increasing by 10,000 every year. For these people, natural, human-sounding speech ...

Speech feels ordinary because it fills daily life, flowing through kitchens and waiting rooms without demanding attention. Words appear while hands stay busy, always carrying meaning with little ...

The loss of certain muscles in the human larynx may have helped give our species a voice, a new study suggests. By Oliver Whang Read this sentence aloud, if you’re able. As you do, a cascade of motion ...

Scientists have recreated the sound of an ancient Egyptian priest's voice with the help of his 3,000-year-old mummy. The researchers used non-destructive CT scans to examine the larynx and throat of ...