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"  Any aspiring &amp;quot;American Idol&amp;quot; contestants reading this? Well, pull your Girl&amp;#039;s Best Friend out of your &amp;quot;goodie drawer&amp;quot; and put it to work on your pipes! (But wash it first. Preferably well.) A study from the University of Alberta has been using a LELO Siri vibrator on the throat muscles of actors and singers... and it&amp;#039;s actually been proven to give them better vocal projection, range, and stamina.      Because the SIRI vibrator packs between 100 and 120 hertz, around the same as a human voice, it doesn&amp;#039;t overwhelm the throat muscles when it&amp;#039;s applied. Instead, it actually relaxes the larynx into a lower position. Apparently the improved quality of vocal production remains even after you remove the vibrator, and it&amp;#039;s a difference significant enough to see on a spectrograph. The head researcher, Professor David Ley, explains the benefits of SIRI on the human throat, and manages to make this unsexy science sound sexy: &amp;quot;This is about how our bodies deal with vibration: The muscle will either tone up, or engage, to deal with the vibration, or it will release. It&amp;#039;s mainly about creating a flow of energy, and then it&amp;#039;s really about release.&amp;quot; You can read more about the science behind this life-hack, including a lovely diagram of the larynx, here. Sure, it may not be the most traditional way to improve the quality of your karaoke stylings, but &amp;quot;Shake It Off&amp;quot; by Mariah Carey ain&amp;#039;t gonna sing itself. Follow Anna on Twitter: @annabreslaw Image: iStockPhoto "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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