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What Causes The Change In A Boy's Voice During Puberty?

 

Change In A Boy's Voice During Puberty

Changes in the Voice of Boy's During Puberty 

Entering adolescence, boys slowly show significant changes. The voice that was originally melodious suddenly became cracked, heavy, and sounded hoarse. This is also accompanied by pain in the throat. What happened? Explain to your son why the voice changes happened to him. 

Mother’s don’t need to worry. That is just one sign that your child has entered puberty. This phase is none other than a bridge from childhood to adulthood. At this time, the body is preparing itself for maturity. 

Therefore, don't be surprised if your baby has many transformations, including the voice. Actually what happens to boys at puberty? 

How Did The Voice Change In Boys During Puberty? 

Here Parenting and Child-Care has summarized it. 

Why Do Voices Change at Puberty? 

The human voice is the result of a complex process. Broadly speaking, there are three parts that play an important role in this mechanism, namely the lungs, vocal cords (located in the larynx), and articulators (lips, tongue, the roof of the mouth, cheeks, etc.). 

To produce sound, the lungs will flow and compress the air so that the vocal cords (vocal cords) vibrate. The vocal cords are double ribbon-shaped cartilages located inside the voice box (larynx). Its role is very important because the resulting vibration will determine the resulting tone. Modification of the tone of the vocal cords will indicate whether a person has a tone of anger, sadness, happiness, and others. After going through the vocal cords, the sound will be modified by the articulator to produce words to communicate. 

The sound produced also depends on the length of the vocal cords. At birth, boys and girls have the same length of vocal cords, which is 2 millimeters. This size will continue to lengthen with age. In general, the increase in the size of the vocal cords in boys is much faster than that of girls. In boys, the maximum length is 16 millimeters while girls are only 10 millimeters. 

In addition to growth which is generally faster than girls, the development of the vocal cords in boys is also influenced by the hormone testosterone. The increase in this hormone during puberty further accelerates the extension of the laryngeal and vocal cord-prone infections. This hormone also makes the vocal cords thicken and causes changes in the timbre (color of voice). This change in shape and structure eventually makes the sound cracked, hoarse and often sounds brassy. 

The process of lengthening the vocal cords due to the hormone testosterone also often causes pain in the throat. This can also have an impact on voice changes in boys. 

When Did Sound Start Changing? 

The increase in the hormone testosterone not only brings changes to the child's voice but also to the physical shape of your baby's baby. Overall, this process of change is described in the Tanner stage. 

There are five stages in it and they all indicate the developmental process of puberty, from inception to completion. In the Tanner stage, voice changes are included in stages 3 and 4. 

Changing the voice is also considered an important process that cannot be underestimated. So when did this start to happen to boys? 

Normally, puberty in boys occurs later than girls. If boys generally experience it at the age of 10-15 years, girls can enter puberty from the age of 8 years and over. Changes in the voice in boys can begin to appear at the age of 12 and 13 years. Meanwhile, other developments and changes have also begun to occur, such as rapid growth, maturation of the genitals, and others. 

Therefore, when your son's voice starts to change, his height will also increase rapidly. 

All these processes will be perfect when he is 15 to 18 years old. You could say, at that age your son had become a complete adult man. 

Coping with Change in Puberty 

Despite being a normal process, puberty can be a tough process for some teenagers. This significant change may be difficult to accept so that it will have a negative impact on his psychological condition. In addition, this voice change is sometimes accompanied by pain in the throat. Therefore, the participation of parents will be very meaningful. 

If this change in the boy's voice worries him, make sure all is well. The pain experienced by the child will not last forever. Continue to provide support so that he can get through this puberty well.

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