On the concept of dysphonia

Dysphonia can generally be defined as an alteration in the muscle tone of the larynx, which leads to dystonia of both the vocal cord muscles and the surrounding areas.

This dystonia, in turn, causes other functional alterations of the voice, which may be permanent or occur only during voice use. For this reason, it is essential to understand the relative position at rest and during phonation, the range of motion, and flexibility.

Flexibility is influenced by the continuous interaction between pitch and intensity, with variations depending on how one wants to express something and the emotions being conveyed.

Since the larynx is a cartilaginous and muscular organ that produces frequencies and must maintain euphonic musicality as well as proper laryngeal muscle tone (eutonia), each pitch corresponds to a specific muscular tone of the larynx and vocal cords. This defines a relationship between eutonia and euphony, and between dystonia and dysphonia.

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