laryngoscopy

Updated: May 3, 2025

As has been remarked previously, it is only by the use of the laryngoscope that one can see the vocal mechanism of the larynx in action, so that for investigation laryngoscopy is essential.

Wesley Mills - Voice Production in Singing and Speaking: Based on Scientific Principles (Fourth Edition, Revised and Enlarged)

Behnke, a teacher of singing, who practised laryngoscopy and auto-laryngoscopy in the investigation of the registers, used "lower thick," "upper thick," "lower thin," "upper thin," and "small," as answering to the "first chest," "second chest," etc., of Madame Seiler and others. Nearly all writers have used the term "break" to indicate the point at which a new register begins.

Wesley Mills - Voice Production in Singing and Speaking: Based on Scientific Principles (Fourth Edition, Revised and Enlarged)