title: On the acoustic effects of the supraglottic structures in excised larynges.
abstract: The acoustic effects of the supraglottic laryngeal structures (SGSs), including the false vocal folds (FVFs) laryngeal ventricle, and the epiglottis were investigated in an excised canine larynx model with and without these anatomical structures. The purpose of this study was to better understand the acoustic contributions of these structures to phonation. Canine larynges were prepared and mounted over a 3/4 in. tube, which supplied pressurized, heated, and humidified air. Glottal adduction was accomplished by rotating the arytenoids with a suture passed behind the vocal folds to simulate the lateral cricoarytenoid muscle action. The SGSs were kept intact in the first part of the experiment and were removed in the second part. Results indicated that when the FVFs vibrated, a low frequency component was observed in the spectral data. The excised larynx with a SGS had a limited range of frequency with subglottal pressure, while the larynx without a SGS had a larger frequency range. The excised canine larynx with a SGS oscillated with a higher phonation threshold pressure and significantly louder.
authors: Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, The University of Iowa, 334E WJSHC, Iowa City, Iowa 52242-1012, USA. alipour@iowa.uiowa.edu
authors: Fariborz
authors: F
authors: Alipour
authors: Eileen
authors: E
authors: Finnegan
mesh_terms: D000162:Acoustics; D000818:Animals; D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D004285:Dogs; D004568:Electrodiagnosis; D007734:Kymography; D007821:Laryngeal Muscles / Q000502:physiology; D007825:Laryngectomy; D007830:Larynx / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000502:physiology* / Q000601:surgery; D009119:Muscle Contraction; D010699:Phonation; D011312:Pressure; D013018:Sound Spectrography; D014732:Vibration; D014828:Vocalization, Animal
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