Boy, when did your voice start to change?

Voice change is the physiological change of an adult's voice, which is called "physiological voice change". In medicine, the time of physiological voice change is called "voice change period". At what age do boys usually start to change their voice? Is your child in the voice change period?

Voice change time

Most children enter the voice change period around the age of 15. The duration of the voice change period is an average of 1 year, with the shortest being 3 to 6 months and the longest lasting 2 to 3 years. In addition, most children enter the voice change period around the age of 15. The duration of the voice change period is an average of 1 year, with the shortest being 3 to 6 months and the longest lasting 2 to 3 years. In addition, the length of the voice change period is also related to geography. Children in the south have a shorter voice change period, while children in the north have a longer voice change period.

Voice Change Symptoms

From the physiological structure of the human larynx, the male larynx gradually widens, the vocal cords lengthen, the Adam's apple becomes prominent, and the voice gradually becomes heavy and low. During the voice change period, the voice of boys is usually about 8 degrees lower than before the voice change. During this period, symptoms such as hoarseness, dry throat, itchy throat, and foreign body sensation in the throat may also appear.

The voice change period is roughly divided into three stages: in the early stage, the voice does not change much, and the child still speaks and sings in a child's voice, but sometimes one may feel that one has lost control of the voice, the voice is not obedient, it is difficult to produce high notes, the voice cannot be sustained, and sometimes the singing is out of tune or strange sounds appear; in the middle stage, the voice changes more obviously, the speaking tone becomes lower and rougher, and although the voice still has a childish voice, the child's voice component becomes less and less, and the adult voice component gradually increases; in the late stage, the voice has completely become an adult's voice, but there is still a period of time when the voice is unstable and difficult to control.