Puberty and the transformation of voice

Puberty is the entry of children into adolescence. It occurs under the action of many hormones, at the age of twelve years in boys. The changes are numerous (genital maturation, onset of hair ...). One step is the most notable change of tone of voice or molting.



Normal transformation

In fact, this change is dependent on the rest of the changes due to puberty, the body grows and expands. Now the larynx, vocal cords headquarters, is no exception to this rule is growing. The vocal cords lengthen and thicken. And the tone of voice is directly related to the thickness of vocal cords vocal cords vibrate thin quickly, giving a shrill voice when the vocal cords vibrate thick slowly and give a voice.

A voice more or less serious

The boy's vocal cords, by getting thicker, so will vibrate more slowly and give a voice serious adult. Of course, the transformation depends on people. On average, the voice down an octave, but declining slightly more important or very slight. This little cause some problems when the child is part of a choir for example. The transformation takes about a year before the boy finally finds his voice.