甲状腺肌纤维的方向调节了调节声垂直厚度的能力
Tsukasa Yoshinaga1,2, Zhaoyan Zhang1
1Department of Head and Neck Surgery, University of California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America.
PloS one
|December 4, 2025
概括
语音调节的个体差异可能源于甲状腺腺 (TA) 肌肉纤维的方向. 最佳的角度 (22-32°) 可以最大限度地提高声的凸起和厚度,提高语音质量控制.
科学领域:
- 喉生物力学 喉生物力学
- 计算语音医学是一种计算机语音医学.
- 语音制作机制 语音制作机制
背景情况:
- 语音调制能力在个体之间有所不同.
- 声中介面的垂直厚度对于语音调制至关重要.
- 甲状腺 (TA) 肌肉的作用通过下部中间凸出增加声厚度,但机制尚不清楚.
研究的目的:
- 通过计算来研究TA肌肉激活产生下部中部凸起的机制.
- 为了确定TA肌纤维方向对声厚度调节的影响.
- 为了比较TA和侧面关节肌肉对声几何学的影响.
主要方法:
- 开发了喉肌肉激活的3D计算模型.
- 利用了高分辨率的磁共振成像数据.
- 模拟的TA和侧面关节肌肉收缩与不同的纤维方向.
主要成果:
- TA肌肉纤维的方向显著影响下部中间凸起和垂直厚度.
- 在22-32°的TA纤维角度发生了最大的膨胀和厚度增加.
- 最佳的TA激活诱导了状软骨的旋转,媒介声声过程和下部中间表面.
- 侧面的关节肌产生了不同的关节旋转,对声厚度的影响很小.
结论:
- TA肌肉纤维的方向是声厚度调节的一个关键因素.
- 在TA肌纤维方向的个体变化可能解释声音调制能力的差异.
- 这项研究为理解语音质量控制机制提供了计算基础.
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