1. The angle
between the thyroid
laminae is larger
in males than in
females.
True
False
2. The aging
male voice tends
to increase in
pitch.
True
False
3. The ability
to create and maintain
high levels of
contraction in
the intrinsic vocal
fold muscles is
not a significant
factor in voice
classification.
True
False
4. The male hormone testosterone is
responsible for
the fact that males
experience more
growth in the larynx
during puberty
than women.
True
False
5. Edema is a
wasting away of
cells.
True
False
6. The 1.7 to
1 ratio in average
fundamental frequency
between adult male
and female voices
can be explained
by the membranous
length difference
between the average
male and female
larynx.
True
False
7. Fo tends to
increase for women
as they age.
True
False
8. "Tessitura" is
an Italian term,
meaning the highest
pitch in a given
piece of music.
True
False
~ National Center for Voice and Speech, www.ncvs.org
