Student and Faculty Publications

Publication Date

1-1-2023

Journal

The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Abstract

Synthetic vocal fold (VF) replicas were used to explore the role of nodule size and stiffness on kinematic, aerodynamic, and acoustic measures of voiced speech production. Emphasis was placed on determining how changes in collision pressure may contribute to the development of phonotrauma. This was performed by adding spherical beads with different sizes and moduli of elasticity at the middle of the medial surface of synthetic silicone VF models, representing nodules of varying size and stiffness. The VF models were incorporated into a hemilaryngeal flow facility. For each case, self-sustained oscillations were investigated at the phonation threshold pressure. It was found that increasing the nodule diameter increased the open quotient, phonation threshold pressure, and phonation threshold flow rate. However, these values did not change considerably as a function of the modulus of elasticity of the nodule. Nevertheless, the ratio of collision pressure to subglottal pressure increased significantly for both increasing nodule size and stiffness. This suggests that over time, both growth in size and fibrosis of nodules will lead to an increasing cycle of compensatory vocal hyperfunction that accelerates phonotrauma.

Keywords

Vocal Cords, Pressure, Vibration, Phonation, Elasticity

Comments

PMID: 36732229

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