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- A 63-year-old individual who underwent male-to-female sex reassignment surgery received vocal training aimed at modifying male voice characteristics.
- The therapy focused on raising pitch levels and adjusting tongue placement to enhance voice resonance.
- After 11 months, significant changes in the individual's voice were recorded, notably an increase in average pitch from 110 to 205 Hz, which contributed to perceptions of femininity in her voice and was maintained even five years later.
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The vocal characteristics of a 63-year-old individual who underwent male-to-female sex reassignment surgery were evaluated. Treatment was designed to alter inappropriate male voice characteristics. Speech goals were to (1) encourage use of successively higher pitch levels, and (2) modify tongue carriage to change resonance. After 11 months of therapy, average fundamental frequency for /i, a, u/ vowels changed from 110 to 205 Hz. Also, second formant frequency values changed remarkably for each of these vowels, with the greatest frequency change being 291 Hz for /i/. These acoustic differences could account for the perception of femininity in her posttreatment voice. Maintenance of these acoustic features was found five years posttreatment.
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