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By Hannah Rael

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When Access Hollywood interviewed 104-year-old Edythe Kirchmaier, we were impressed by her vigor and dedication to Direct Relief International, but we also noticed something else. Kirchmaier, who seems young and vibrant despite her age, had a wavering, breathy voice. This caused us to wonder: What happens to our voices as we age?

“Voice can depend on general health. In general, we start seeing aging problems at age 65,” says Claudio Milstein, associate professor of surgery at Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine. “The typical change as we get older, is that we get thin, breathy voices … [and] those are the characteristics that make it sound like a person has an old voice.”

Evidence confirms that voices do change with age. The vocal chords should vibrate between 90 and 230 times per minute, with young people experiencing the most movement and older people experiencing the least, explains Amee Shah, associate professor and director of the Research Laboratory in Speech Acoustics and Perception at Cleveland State University.

“In my lab we look at acoustic data because perception can be misleading and the hard numbers confirm it. It is true that as we age our voices change,” says Shah.

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Edythe Kirchmaier, the beloved 107-year-old Direct Relief volunteer who also was believed to be Facebook’s oldest user, died over the weekend.

Kirchmaier died Saturday surrounded by family members, according to a statement on the Direct Relief website.

“​Edythe’s generosity of spirit, humble service to others, and joyful embrace of life’s wonders have been an inspiring example to the entire Direct Relief family privileged to know her, and to people around the world,” the Goleta nonprofit organization said. “The rare and precious light in Edythe’s eye sparked for nearly 108 years.

“It is with a heavy heart and profound gratitude for Edythe having shared so much of her extraordinary life with Direct Relief in joyful service to others that we extend our sympathies to Edythe’s family and her many friends and colleagues.”

Volunteer work had long been important to Kirchmaier, who was born Jan. 22, 1908, in Springfield, Ohio. She lived several places before moving to Lompoc and then into a Santa Barbara home in 1948.

Edythe Kirchmaier sits with her great-grandchildren earlier this year during a reception celebrating her 107th birthday at Direct Relief headquarters in Goleta. She died Saturday at age 107. (Gina Potthoff / Noozhawk file photo)

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