The Brain and the Voice in Speech and Song

A concise, illustrated examination of how human voice is produced and neurally controlled, combining anatomical detail with neurological explanation. It describes the vocal instrument in three parts—the respiratory bellows, the laryngeal reed, and the resonating and articulating cavities—and explains the three musical qualities of loudness, pitch, and timbre. Clear anatomical accounts cover laryngeal cartilages and muscles, vocal cord vibration and register shifts, and voluntary breath control and articulation. The text then connects these mechanisms to brain function, treating localisation of speech centres, neuronal pathways, the mental revival of words, and the effects of cerebral lesions and deafness on speech, illustrated by clinical cases and multiple diagrams.