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Investigating the Three-dimensional Flow Separation Induced by a Model Vocal Fold Polyp
Published on: February 3, 2014
On the relation between the phonation threshold lung pressure and the oscillation frequency of the vocal folds
Jorge C Lucero1, Laura L Koenig
1Department of Mathematics, University of Brasilia, Brasilia DF 70910-900, Brazil. lucero@unb.br
Abstract:
This Letter presents an extension of a previous equation for the phonation threshold pressure by Titze [I. R. Titze, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 83, 1536-1552 (1988)]. The extended equation contains the vocal-fold oscillation frequency as an explicit factor. It is derived from the mucosal wave model of the vocal folds by considering the general case of an arbitrary time delay for the mucosal wave to travel the glottal height. The results are illustrated with a numerical example, which shows good qualitative agreement with experimental measures.
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