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Acoustic resonance characteristics of the human vocal tract with respect to a soft tissue
Radolf, Vojtěch ; Horáček, Jaromír
A mathematical model, which can help to clarify physical background of an influence of the soft tissue of vocal cavities on the formant frequencies, has been extended. Strong acoustic-structural interaction is demonstrated on the vocal tract cavity for vowel /u:/ prolonged by a tube that is used for voice training and therapy purposes. The glottis is closed by a yielding wall, considering a mass, compliance and structural damping. Viscous losses of the acoustic cavities and radiation impedance at the output are assumed. Significant change in the first acoustic resonance frequency caused by the compliance of the soft tissue at the glottis corresponds to the data found experimentally in earlier study.
Acoustic-structural interaction in human vocal tract prolonged by a tube
Radolf, Vojtěch ; Horáček, Jaromír
Phonation into tubes is often used for voice training and therapy. This paper introduces a mathematical model, which can help to clarify physical background of an influence of the soft tissues of vocal cavities on the acoustic resonances (formant frequencies). Substantial change in the first formant frequency caused by the soft tissues in the human vocal tract is in principle in the acoustic-structural interaction of the acoustic cavity semiocluded by the tube, with the yielding wall created for example by the soft tissues in the larynx.

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