THEORETICAL-STUDY OF THE EFFECTS OF VARIOUS LARYNGEAL CONFIGURATIONS ON THE ACOUSTICS OF PHONATION
THEORETICAL-STUDY OF THE EFFECTS OF VARIOUS LARYNGEAL CONFIGURATIONS ON THE ACOUSTICS OF PHONATION
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DOI:
10.1121/1.382973
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发表时间:
1979-01-01
影响因子:
2.4
通讯作者:
TALKIN, DT
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作者:
TITZE, IR;TALKIN, DT
Simulation of [human] glottal volume flow and vocal fold tissue movement was accomplished by numerical solution [model] of a time-dependent boundary value problem; in which nonuniform, orthotropic, linear, incompressible vocal fold tissue media were surrounded by irregularly shaped boundaries, which were fixed or subject to aerodynamic stresses. Spatial nonuniformity of the tissues was of the layered type, including a mucosal layer, a ligamental layer and muscular layers. Orthotropy was required to stabilize the vocal folds longitudinally and to accommodate large variations in muscular stress. Incompressibility and vertical motions at the glottis played an important role in producing and sustaining phonation. A nominal configuration for male fundamental speaking pitches was selected. The regulation of fundamental frequency, intensity, average volume flow and vocal efficiency was investigated in terms of variations around this nominal configuration. Geometrical factors such as length, thickness and depth, factors for shaping the glottis, and tissue elasticities, tissue viscosities and subglottal pressure were varied. Since nonlinear stress-strain properties were not included, subglottal pressure did not produce a pronounced effect upon fundamental frequency [F0] under these somewhat idealized conditions. F0 raising correlated strongly with increased tension in the ligament and somewhat with increasing tension in the vocalis. F0 lowering correlated with increase in vocal fold length when the tensions were held constant, but not with increase in vocal fold thickness. Vocal intensity and efficiency have local maxima as the configurational parameters are varied 1 at a time. Oral acoustic power output and vocal efficiency apparently can be maximized by proper adjustments of longitudinal tension of nonmuscular (mucosal and ligamental) tissue layers in relation to muscular layers. Quantitative verification of the body-cover theory is suggested, and several further implications with regard to control of the human larynx are considered.