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The effect of entrance radii on intraglottal pressure distributions in the divergent glottis.

ABSTRACT: Modeling laryngeal aerodynamics requires specification of the glottal geometry. Changing the glottal exit radius alters the intraglottal pressure distributions in the converging glottis [Scherer et al., J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 110, 2267-2269 (2001)]. This study examined the effects of the glottal entrance radius on the intraglottal pressure distributions for divergent angles of 5°, 10°, 20°, 30°, and 40°. Glottal airflow and minimal glottal diameter were held constant at 73.2 cm(3)/s and 0.02 cm, respectively. The computational code FLUENT was used to obtain the pressure distributions. Results suggest that a smaller glottal entrance radius tends to (1) lower the transglottal pressure (reduce glottal flow resistance), although this is angle dependent, (2) make the pressure dip near the glottal entrance more negative in value, (3) increase the slope of the pressure distribution just upstream of the glottal entrance, and (4) make the initial pressure recovery (rise) in the glottis steeper. A general empirical equation for transglottal pressure as a function of radius, angle, and separation point location is offered. These results suggest that glottal entrance curvature for the divergent glottis significantly affects the driving pressures on the vocal folds, and needs to be well specified when building computational and physical models.

SUBMITTER: Li S

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3292608 | biostudies-other | 2012 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other

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