Generally, no but Helium does cause damage to your vocal cords that can result in additional complications if overused.
When you inhale helium, your voice changes because helium is lighter than air and travels faster through your vocal cords, causing them to vibrate at a higher frequency. This results in a higher-pitched voice.
Helium temporarily changes the timbre of your voice by causing the vocal cords to vibrate faster due to its low density. As a result, your voice sounds higher pitched when speaking in a helium-filled environment.
Because Helium is lighter than air so when you breath it it makes your vocal chords move faster giving you an increased voice pitch
Helium is a very light gas. Light gases tend to float (as seen in a helium filled balloon). It is a light gas because it moves very very fast. It is said to be NOT dense. When you have sucked Helium in, your breath that you use to speak will pass through the Helium gas. Your breath will now be moving faster. Things that move faster tend to have higher pitch. Note: Helium does not change your vocal chords or your vocal muscles... just the speed of your breath. Also, Argon gas can make your voice sound lower. But this is dangerous because it can sink into your lungs. So I was told you should be hanging upside down if you ever want to take a sip of Argon gas. I have never done this. DO NOT ATTEMPT this. You could pass out and suffocate if no one is around you.
When you inhale helium, your voice may sound higher-pitched because helium is less dense than the air in your lungs, causing the speed of sound to increase. However, inhaling too much helium can be dangerous as it can displace oxygen in your lungs, leading to difficulty breathing and potentially harmful side effects. It is not recommended to inhale helium for fun or as a prank.
no it can change to high voices but not low
When you inhale helium, your voice changes because helium is lighter than air and travels faster through your vocal cords, causing them to vibrate at a higher frequency. This results in a higher-pitched voice.
Helium causes a change in the voice because it is a different density than regular air, so when it is in your chest and passes through your vocal cords it vibrates at a different frequency.
sucking in helium makes the pitch higher
It is the element helium, symbol He. The change in sound is because helium is much lighter than air and thus the speed of sound in helium is much faster than the speed of sound in air. This change in the speed of sound retunes the resonant chambers in the vocal tract to a higher frequency, making the voice sound "chirpy" while the helium is present.
Helium gas is commonly used to make voices sound high pitched and squeaky. This effect occurs because helium is less dense than air, causing sound waves to travel faster and change the pitch of your voice.
You breathe helium out pretty quickly when you inhale it. In order for the effect to last the rest of your life, you'd need to breathe enough helium to be able to breathe it out for the rest of your life. Unless "the rest of your life" is measured in seconds (a minute or two at the most), this is impossible. If you asphyxiate yourself with helium, your voice will sound the same way forever (i.e. silent, since you'll be dead). I'm not certain how many balloons that would take, precisely, since it depends on the volume of the balloons.
Helium is commonly used in balloons to make them float and in airships for lift. It is also used in cryogenics, as a coolant in nuclear reactors, and in MRI machines for cooling the superconducting magnets.
To make your voice squeaky with a balloon, simply inhale some helium from the balloon before speaking. Helium is less dense than air, causing your vocal cords to vibrate faster and produce a higher-pitched sound. Be cautious not to inhale too much helium, as it can be harmful in large quantities.
Inhaling helium changes the resonance frequency of your vocal chords, making your voice sound higher-pitched because sound travels faster through helium than through air. This change in pitch is temporary and reversible once the helium is exhaled and normal air replaces it in your lungs.
Helium will change the tone of your voice. The lighter gas allows the vocal cords to vibrate at a different frequency. However, helium does not sustain life. If you breath too much of it you could pass out, or even die. The first result of reduced oxygen to the brain is brain damage. The second result is death. Breathing in pure helium deprives the body of oxygen, as if you were holding your breath. If you couldn't breathe at all, you'd start to die in minutes-as soon as your body exhausted the supply of oxygen stored in the blood. But helium speeds up this process: When the gas fills your lungs, it creates a diffusion gradient that washes out the oxygen. In other words, each breath of helium you take sucks more oxygen out of your system. After inhaling helium, the body's oxygen level can plummet to a hazardous level in a matter of seconds. You don't have to worry about fatal asphyxiation if you're sucking from a helium balloon at a party. At worst you'll keep going until you get lightheaded and pass out-at which point you'll stop inhaling helium and your body's oxygen levels will return to normal. Of more concern is the possibility that you'll hurt yourself when you fall down. Remember, the first result of reduced oxygen to the brain is brain damage. The second result is death.
It is a gas that weighs 6 pound. sulfurhexafluoride helium weighs -6 pounds. that's why when you inhale helium, your voice goes up. and when you inhale sulfur hexafluoride your voice is weighed down to a lower voice. it sounds awsome.