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Linguists find Madonna's voice defies age-related expectations

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Research indicates that vocal changes during menopause cause a deeper voice due to vocal fold swelling and muscle elasticity loss, which can also alter vowel pronunciation. This finding challenges the assumption that voice aging is solely a matter of pitch lowering.

Key points

• Women's voices tend to become deeper during menopause due to vocal fold swelling and reduced muscle elasticity, resulting in a lower pitch.
• Age-related physiological changes can also affect the pronunciation of certain vowels, complicating the simple pitch-based prediction of voice aging.

Context and limitations

This evidence is from a 2026 article and does not include data on specific age ranges, individual case studies, or longitudinal tracking of voice changes over time.

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