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Influence of exostoses on hearing
Vališová, Šárka ; Švancara, Pavel (referee) ; Pellant, Karel (advisor)
Exostoses are periosteophyte inside the external auditory canal of the human ear. The main objective of this bachelor´s thesis is to determine the potencial impact of the shape modification of the external auditory canal due to occurence of exostoses on the mechanical sound transmission into the internal ear. The task was solved by FEM modelling performed in the ANSYS system. The simple finite element 2D model of the normal human ear has been taken from the diploma thesis B. Ouali: Development of 2D finite element model of human ear (BUT Brno, 2009), the model included the external ear canal, elastic eardrum, otitis cavity with the otitis ossicles and the cavity of the internal ear. The changes simulating exostoses in form of two opposite semicircles were performed. The different size and position of the symmetrical exostoses were studied. The influence of the exostoses on the sound transfer characteristics of the external ear canal was discused. It was processed the set of the audiograms (19 patients). The results of the modelling and the results of the audiology were compared, the preoperativ and the postoperativ stages were considered.
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Development of finite element model of human vocal tract and space around the head based on data from computer tomography
Švarc, Martin ; Pellant, Karel (referee) ; Švancara, Pavel (advisor)
This bachelor´s thesis deals with creating a computational model for acoustic wave propagation in vocal tract and the area near the head. The main objective of this work is to map the three-dimensional model of the human head as an additional acoustic environment for more accurate measurement of the human voice on the basis of data from computed tomography, the study of function of the vocal cords, biomechanics of the human voice and an overview of medical imaging techniques suitable for the display of biomechanical models. The grid for finite element method (FEM) will be created from solid geometry of the vocal tract (from the vocal cords to the lips) and the acoustic space near the human head. The grid will be created in order to obtain new knowledge about the different locations of a human head with microphone.
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FE model of interaction between oscilating vocal folds and acoustic space of the vocal tract
Švancara, Pavel ; Hrůza, V.
A 2D and 3D finite element models of interaction between oscillating vocal folds and acoustic space of the vocal tract were developed in program system ANSYS, where the only one driving parameter is velocity of flow under vocal folds. The interaction is based on Sequential Coupled Analysis, where results of transient fluid analysis in ANSYS/Flotran CFD are used as loads for transient analysis of motion of the vocal folds. Models respect large deformations, vocal folds pretension, contact of vocal folds, flow separation and compressible flow.
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Influence of tonsillectomy on voice and 3D mathematical models
Vokřál, J. ; Černý, L. ; Lavička, L. ; Švancara, Pavel ; Horáček, Jaromír
After the phoniatric examination the tape-recording of voice was carried out on 14 patients (6male, 8 female, age from 16 to 39 years) in a studio. The second recording was performed appproximately 1 month after tonsillectomy. Patients phonated five Czech vowels /a:/, /e:/, /i:/, /o:/, /u:/. The acoustic analysis was performed by Multi-Dimensional Voice Program and the position of the first four formants was evaluated. The finite element (FE) models of the acoustic spaces corresponding to the human vocal tract for the Czech vowels /a:/ and /i:/ were used in the mathematical modelling. The acoustic resonant characteristics of the FE models were studied by modal and transient analyses. The acoustic analyses were realised by the software code SYSNOISE.
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