Let's play a little fremitus game, just for fun:
Press the hypothenar edge of your hand firmly against your own ribcage. You're gonna keep it there the whole time while you say some stuff and feel the amount of vibrations transmitted.
Let's go.
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Press the hypothenar edge of your hand firmly against your own ribcage. You're gonna keep it there the whole time while you say some stuff and feel the amount of vibrations transmitted.
Let's go.
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Experiment # 1:
Compare the amount of fremitus/vibration when you say:
ninety-nine
noy-noy-noy
one-two-three
Feel free to repeat a couple times.
Did any of them cause more vibration than others?
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Compare the amount of fremitus/vibration when you say:
ninety-nine
noy-noy-noy
one-two-three
Feel free to repeat a couple times.
Did any of them cause more vibration than others?
2/5
Experiment #2
Pick any one of the three chants above.
Compare the amount of vibrations when you say the phrase in the lowest (deepest) voice you can muster... vs. a high-pitched (e.g. falsetto-y) voice.
Did one cause more vibration than the other?
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Pick any one of the three chants above.
Compare the amount of vibrations when you say the phrase in the lowest (deepest) voice you can muster... vs. a high-pitched (e.g. falsetto-y) voice.
Did one cause more vibration than the other?
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Experiment #3
Choose your favorite chant again. And use your natural voice frequency/depth.
Let's vary the hand technique now. Hypothenar edge as we've been doing, vs. a compact (fingers together) palm on the chest.
Which feels more vibrations?
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Choose your favorite chant again. And use your natural voice frequency/depth.
Let's vary the hand technique now. Hypothenar edge as we've been doing, vs. a compact (fingers together) palm on the chest.
Which feels more vibrations?
4/5
I'm not addressing whether tactile fremitus is useful in modern clinical practice. Just exploring some thoughts on the technique, if in fact one is going to use or teach it. Thoughts?
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