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Influence of the velopharyngeal opening on human voice quality
Vampola, T. ; Horáček, Jaromír
The 3D FE models of the nasal cavities and adult female vocal tract were developed from computer tomography (CT) images for vowels /a:/ and /i:/. The interconnections between the oral and nasal cavities were created according to the anatomical literature. The acoustic frequency - modal characteristics of the FE models were studied by the modal analysis considering zero pressure at the lips and nose and the influence of velopharyngeal insufficiency on the first ten formants was evaluated.
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Using the proper orthogonal decomposition analysis for detecting pathologic vocal fold vibration
Štorkán, J. ; Vampola, T. ; Horáček, Jaromír
A three-dimensional (3D) finite element (FE) fully parametric model of the human larynx based on computer tomography (CT) measurements was developed and specially adapted for numerical simulation of vocal folds vibrations with collisions. The complex model consists of the vocal folds, arytenoids, thyroid and cricoid cartilages. The vocal fold tissue is modeled as a four layered material where part of the cover was substituted by a liquid layer modelling the superficial layer of lamina propria. The proper orthogonal decomposition (POD) analysis of the excited modes of vibration was used for detecting changes in vibration properties of the vocal folds caused by pathologic changes of vocal fold structure (vocal nodule).
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Numerical simulation of the effect of stiffness of lamina propria on the self-sustained oscillation of the vocal folds
Hájek, P. ; Švancara, P. ; Horáček, Jaromír ; Švec, J. G.
A two-dimensional (2D) finite element (FE) model of the fluid-structure-acoustic interaction during selfsustained oscillation of the human vocal folds (VF) is presented in this paper. The aim is to analyze the effect of stiffness of lamina propria on VF vibrations. Such stiffness change can be caused by some VF pathologies. The developed FE model consists of the FE models of the VF, trachea and a simplified human vocal tract. The vocal tract model shaped for simulation of phonation of Czech vowel [a:] was created by converting data from the magnetic resonance images (MRI). The developed FE model includes VF contact, large deformations of the VF tissue, fluid-structure interaction (FSI), moving boundary of the fluid mesh (Arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian (ALE) approach), airflow separation during the glottis closure and solution of unsteady viscous compressible airflow described by the Navier-Stokes equations. The numerical simulations showed that higher values of lamina propria Young's modulus (stiffer lamina propria) result in a decrease of the maximum glottis opening. Stiffer lamina propria also requires the use of higher subglottal pressure to initiate self-sustained vibration of the VF.
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