And voice disorders such as vocal fold paralysis.

还有声音障碍，比如声带麻痹。

The vocal folds are very, very like pristine white bands.

声带非常非常像纯净的白色带。

Vocal folds, also called vocal cords, are crucial here.

声带起到了很重要的作用。

These are human vocal chords or vocal folds.

这些人类的声带。

The vocal folds work like that.

声带就这样工作的。

Voiced consonants are made by bringing your vocal folds together.

浊辅音通过把声带合在一起而产生的。

It's the organ between the nose and the lungs containing the vocal folds.

声带位于肺之间的器官，包含声襞。

The key to sound transmission is vibration. When I talk, my vocal folds vibrate.

声音传播的关键振动。当我说话时，我的声带会振动。当。

It's called atrophy, and so the vocal folds themselves have muscles inside, and so they may get atrophied.

这叫做萎缩，声带内部有肌肉，所以它们可能会萎缩。

Listen out for the different body parts Marijke mentions: Vocal folds, also called vocal cords, are crucial here.

声襞，也叫声带至关重要。

Just like any other muscle, we can train our vocal folds to be more flexible.

就像其他肌肉一样，我们可以训练声带变得更灵活。

Now, you make the h sound with the lips relaxed open, the tongue low and the vocal folds almost touch.

发出“h”音的时候，嘴唇放松张开，舌头低垂，声带几乎接触。

Those kinds of changes to the vocal folds and larynx can cause the voice to drop an entire octave.

这些声带喉部的变化会导致声音下降整整一个八度。

We know that manatees produce vocalizations via the vocal folds in their throat, similar to how humans and other mammals produce noise.

我们知道海牛通过喉咙的声带发声，原理与人类其它哺乳动物发声方式类似。

So, my cat can’t roar because her vocal folds just aren’t shaped for it.

所以，我的猫不能吼叫， 因为她的声带不适合它。

When cats purr, they vibrate their vocal folds about 26 times per second.

当猫发出呼噜声时， 它们的声带每秒振动约 26 次。

When you breathe, your vocal folds open to let air through, but when you speak, they close.

当你呼吸时， 你的声带会张开让空气通过， 但当你说话时， 它们会关闭。

Kids have higher-pitched voices because they have shorter vocal folds than adults.

孩们的声音更高， 因为他们的声带比成人短。

While bel canto singers require versatile vocal folds to vault through acrobatic arias.

而美声歌手需要多才多艺的声带才能在杂技咏叹调中跳跃。

They can produce higher frequencies by modifying the shape and tension in their vocal folds and vocal tract.

他们可以通过改变声带声道的形状张力来产生更高的频率。