Hi,
I hope you’re all well.
A few years ago I made a thread regarding my issue of having frequent fluctuations of voice depth and power. I have now figured it out. It is all due to my testosterone levels even as an adult. I have sorted out my hormonal health using a reliable mens multi-vitamin.
When my testosterone levels are normal or higher, every word I speak I can feel a strong vibration on my chest when I put my hand on my sternum. There is a very strong chest resonance. My voice is deeper, bassier and has more "force" behind it. I don't have to force anything, my words just always vibrate on my chest/sternum upon speech.
When my testosterone levels are on the low side, my words only resonate in my nasal and throat area. I am not imagining this and have even recorded my voice with low and normal testosterone levels and there is a very audible difference. The best example I can give is how your voice sounds after a very strenuous workout or if you’ve inhaled dust. The voice loses the bassier vibration and sounds more nasally and lacks power. No matter how hard I try to relax, breathe using diaphragmatic support and strengthen and relax my neck muscles, I cannot feel vibration on my sternum upon speech when I put my hand on it.
I do know that testosterone has a significant role in laryngeal muscle strength and size. Lower levels of testosterone can cause a weakening and shrinking of these laryngeal muscles. The thyroarytenoid muscle is responsible for the "chest voice" and lower pitches upon phonation. Low levels of testosterone can cause the thyroarytenoid muscles to lose strength and size. This will result in great difficulty or impossibility in producing a strong chest sound when speaking.
There was another user on a different hormone optimization forum who also experiences this vocal change.
To sum it up and as per my experience, if your testosterone levels lower significantly even in adulthood, the voice gets higher, weaker and loses bass. Hormones play a huge role in your voice depth and power through early life to senesence.
Read page 448 of this book. The link is below. More specifically the information under the heading "Hypogonadotrophic Disorders". This gives information regarding how low testosterone negatively affects the male voice. Diagnosis and Treatment of Voice Disorders
I can’t be the only one who has noticed a deeper and bassier voice.
Please do share your thoughts and experiences as personally for me this is a clear sign that my hormone levels are optimal.
I hope you’re all well.
A few years ago I made a thread regarding my issue of having frequent fluctuations of voice depth and power. I have now figured it out. It is all due to my testosterone levels even as an adult. I have sorted out my hormonal health using a reliable mens multi-vitamin.
When my testosterone levels are normal or higher, every word I speak I can feel a strong vibration on my chest when I put my hand on my sternum. There is a very strong chest resonance. My voice is deeper, bassier and has more "force" behind it. I don't have to force anything, my words just always vibrate on my chest/sternum upon speech.
When my testosterone levels are on the low side, my words only resonate in my nasal and throat area. I am not imagining this and have even recorded my voice with low and normal testosterone levels and there is a very audible difference. The best example I can give is how your voice sounds after a very strenuous workout or if you’ve inhaled dust. The voice loses the bassier vibration and sounds more nasally and lacks power. No matter how hard I try to relax, breathe using diaphragmatic support and strengthen and relax my neck muscles, I cannot feel vibration on my sternum upon speech when I put my hand on it.
I do know that testosterone has a significant role in laryngeal muscle strength and size. Lower levels of testosterone can cause a weakening and shrinking of these laryngeal muscles. The thyroarytenoid muscle is responsible for the "chest voice" and lower pitches upon phonation. Low levels of testosterone can cause the thyroarytenoid muscles to lose strength and size. This will result in great difficulty or impossibility in producing a strong chest sound when speaking.
There was another user on a different hormone optimization forum who also experiences this vocal change.
To sum it up and as per my experience, if your testosterone levels lower significantly even in adulthood, the voice gets higher, weaker and loses bass. Hormones play a huge role in your voice depth and power through early life to senesence.
Read page 448 of this book. The link is below. More specifically the information under the heading "Hypogonadotrophic Disorders". This gives information regarding how low testosterone negatively affects the male voice. Diagnosis and Treatment of Voice Disorders
I can’t be the only one who has noticed a deeper and bassier voice.
Please do share your thoughts and experiences as personally for me this is a clear sign that my hormone levels are optimal.