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Wang HW, Chu YH, Chao PZ, Lee FP. The effect of temperature on basal tension and thyroarytenoid muscle contraction in an isolated rat glottis model. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol 2014; 271:2819-23. [PMID: 24867062 DOI: 10.1007/s00405-014-3101-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2014] [Accepted: 05/08/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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The pitch of voice is closely related to the vocal fold tension, which is the end result of coordinated movement of the intralaryngeal muscles, and especially the thyroarytenoid muscle. It is known that vocal quality may be affected by surrounding temperature; however, the effect of temperature on vocal fold tension is mostly unknown. Thus, the aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of temperature on isolated rat glottis and thyroarytenoid muscle contraction induced by electrical field stimulation. In vitro isometric tension of the glottis ring from 30 Sprague-Dawley rats was continuously recorded by the tissue bath method. Electrical field stimulation was applied to the glottis ring with two wire electrodes placed parallel to the glottis and connected to a direct-current stimulator. The tension changes of the rat glottis rings that were either untreated or treated with electrical field stimulation were recorded continuously at temperatures from 37 to 7 °C or from 7 to 37 °C. Warming from 7 to 37 °C increased the basal tension of the glottis rings and decreased the electrical field stimulation-induced glottis ring contraction, which was chiefly due to thyroarytenoid muscle contraction. In comparison, cooling from 37 to 7 °C decreased the basal tension and enhanced glottis ring contraction by electrical field stimulation. We concluded that warming increased the basal tension of the glottis in vitro and decreased the amplitude of electrical field stimulation-induced thyroarytenoid muscle contraction. Thus, vocal pitch and the fine tuning of vocal fold tension might be affected by temperature in vivo.
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- Hsing-Won Wang
- Department of Otolaryngology, Taipei Medical University-Shuang Ho Hospital, No. 291, Jhong-Jheng Road, Jhonghe District, 23561, New Taipei City, Taiwan, ROC,
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Koishi HU, Tsuji DH, Imamura R, Sennes LU. Variação da intensidade vocal: estudo da vibração das pregas vocais em seres humanos com videoquimografia. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2003. [DOI: 10.1590/s0034-72992003000400005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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O aumento da resistência glótica é o principal mecanismo responsável pela elevação da intensidade vocal em baixas freqüências. Esse aumento da resistência, em situações normais, é determinado pela contração dos músculos adutores das pregas vocais que promovem o aumento da tensão e a aproximação das pregas vocais em direção à linha mediana. No entanto, essas mesmas alterações podem estar presentes em algumas doenças funcionais que envolvem a laringe, como a disfonia espasmódica em adução e a disfonia hipertônica, mesmo durante a emissão vocal em baixa intensidade. OBJETIVO: Avaliar o padrão de vibração das pregas vocais em indivíduos com vozes normais em condições distintas de intensidade vocal, na tentativa de estabelecer valores que expressem a normalidade, para as diferentes fases do ciclo vibratório, de acordo com o nível de intensidade. FORMA DE ESTUDO: Clínico prospectivo. CASUÍSTICA E MÉTODOS: Foram avaliados 58 indivíduos durante emissão vocal em intensidade habitual (suave) de conversação e durante emissão vocal elevada. A análise da vibração das pregas vocais foi realizada com a videoquimografia e para a análise da intensidade vocal, foi utilizado um programa de análise acústica computadorizado. RESULTADOS: Os resultados mostraram aumento involuntário da freqüência fundamental (F0) e redução do quociente de abertura, com o aumento da intensidade. CONCLUSÃO: Foram estabelecidos os valores de intensidade sonora para a condição habitual (63,46dB) e elevada (72,55dB) de emissão vocal e seus respectivos valores de quociente de abertura (OQ- open quotient).
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McGinn JD, Plant RL. Acoustic analysis of upper airway obstruction in the excised human larynx. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol 2002; 111:738-44. [PMID: 12184598 DOI: 10.1177/000348940211100815] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Upper airway obstruction is an emergency that requires quick and decisive intervention. Stridor is the sound created by airflow through a partially obstructed airway, and has been described to vary with the site and degree of obstruction. This study sought to determine the sound characteristics of stridor in the excised human larynx. Five fresh cadaver human larynges were harvested and subjected to obstructions at supraglottic, glottic, and subglottic subsites. Subglottic pressure, airflow, and audio signal were recorded. Data were analyzed on the basis of laryngeal obstruction subsite and the degree of laryngeal resistance. Visual inspection demonstrated certain trends in peak spectral energy depending on the site and, more significantly, the amount of obstruction. Statistical analysis of spectral waveforms showed better correlation with the amount of obstruction than with the site of obstruction. In summary, the frequency distribution of stridor produced in an excised human larynx was influenced by the amount of laryngeal resistance, but not by the site of airway obstruction.
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- Johnathan D McGinn
- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk 23507-1912, USA
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Glottal adduction is a primary laryngeal variable that helps to determine glottal configuration and phonatory output. Greater adduction of the vocal folds can be produced by narrowing the gap between the vocal processes or by bulging the medial surface of the vocal folds. This study examined phonatory effects due to changing the degree of bulging using a computational model. Bulging was modeled as a quadratic surface and was related to active muscle stress. Results indicated that bulging had a significant effect on glottal flow resistance, maximum glottal width and area, and mean glottal volume velocity. The results are discussed relative to clinical issues of hyperfunction.
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- F Alipour
- Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology, University of lowa, lowa City 52242-1012, USA.
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Nasseri SS, Maragos NE. Combination thyroplasty and the "twisted larynx:" combined type IV and type I thyroplasty for superior laryngeal nerve weakness. J Voice 2000; 14:104-11. [PMID: 10764122 DOI: 10.1016/s0892-1997(00)80100-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Vocal cord medialization through Isshiki type I thyroplasty is part of the standard approach for patients with unilateral vocal cord immobility secondary to recurrent laryngeal nerve paralysis. However, several other modalities have been used to treat the symptomatic "twisted" larynx caused by unilateral superior laryngeal nerve weakness. The Isshiki type IV thyroplasty (cricothyroid approximation) specifically addresses cricothyroid muscle weakness, but, canine studies at the Mayo Clinic demonstrated a trend toward decreased acoustic power and sound intensity with simulated cricothyroid activity. Thus it is reasoned that addition of an ipsilateral type I thyroplasty should help compensate for this power loss. Using videostroboscopic and acoustic analysis, 9 patients with unilateral superor laryngeal nerve weakness were treated with combination type IV and type I thyroplasty. Subjective dysphonia and objective visual and acoustic measurements revealed postoperative improvement in most patients. The combination type IV and type I thyroplasty is recommended for surgical treatment of patients with superior laryngeal nerve weakness, because it addresses cricothyroid muscle weakness without compromising vocal power.
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- S S Nasseri
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA
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Hemler RJ, Wieneke GH, Dejonckere PH. The effect of relative humidity of inhaled air on acoustic parameters of voice in normal subjects. J Voice 1997; 11:295-300. [PMID: 9297673 DOI: 10.1016/s0892-1997(97)80007-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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The hypothesis that relative humidity (RH) of air exerts an effect on voice has been widely accepted. The aim of this study has been to assess whether this can be demonstrated. Eight healthy subjects inhaled during ten minutes three different air conditions: dry, standard room, and humidified air. After inhalation, the subjects produced repeatedly a sustained /a/ of controlled pitch and loudness, which was analyzed for perturbation and noise-to-harmonic parameters. Perturbation measures increased after inhalation of dry air. No significant differences existed between standard and humidified air. No significant difference in the noise-to-harmonic ratio was found among the three conditions. We conclude that the human voice is very sensitive to decreases in RH of inhaled air, because even after a short provocation with dry air, a significant increase in perturbation measures was found.
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- R J Hemler
- Institute of Phoniatrics, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Sercarz JA, Nguyen L, Nasri S, Graves MC, Wenokur R, Berke GS. Physiologic Motion after Laryngeal Nerve Reinnervation: A New Method. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 1997; 116:466-74. [PMID: 9141396 DOI: 10.1016/s0194-59989770296-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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In this study a new method of reinnervation for unilateral recurrent laryngeal nerve paralysis was performed in canines, producing physiologic vocal fold motion in each of a small series of animals. During the procedure the left anterior division of the recurrent laryngeal nerve was reinnervated with axons from the thyroarytenoid branch of the contralateral recurrent laryngeal nerve. The posterior branch of the left recurrent laryngeal nerve was divided and sutured to the ansa cervicalis to maintain tone in the posterior cricoarytenoid muscle. In all four animals, the right distal vocalis stump was reinnervated with an ansa cervicalis nerve branch. After 3 months physiologic vocal fold motion and electromyographic activity could be demonstrated during mechanical stimulation of the supraglottis (adduction) and during tracheostomy obstruction (abduction). Acoustic data revealed improvement of jitter, shimmer, signal-to-noise ratio, and vocal efficiency in reinnervated animals compared with paralyzed canines before treatment, although the results lacked statistical significance. This approach to the rehabilitation of unilateral vocal fold paralysis is discussed. (Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 1997;116:466–74.)
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- J A Sercarz
- Division of Head and Neck Surgery, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA 90024-1624, USA
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Nasri S, Namazie A, Ye M, Kreiman J, Gerratt BR, Berke GS. Characteristics of an in vivo canine model of phonation with a constant air pressure source. Laryngoscope 1996; 106:745-51. [PMID: 8656961 DOI: 10.1097/00005537-199606000-00015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Many previous studies of laryngeal biomechanics using in vivo models have employed a constant air How source. Several authors have recently suggested that the lung-thorax system functions as a constant pressure source during phonation. This study describes an in vivo canine system designed to maintain a constant peak subglottic pressure (Psub) using a pressure-controlling mechanism. Increasing levels of recurrent laryngeal nerve (RLN) stimulation resulted in a significant rise in resistance followed by a plateau. For a given Psub, flow decreased significantly and precipitously with increasing stimulation and then quickly plateaued. Vocal intensity increased with increasing RLN stimulation until a peak was reached. After this peak, intensity dropped until a plateau was reached, corresponding to the flow minimum. At a given Psub, increasing levels of RLN stimulation resulted in a normal distribution of vocal efficiencies.
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- S Nasri
- Division of Head and Neck Surgery, Stanford University Medical Center (S.N.), Stanford, Calif
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Nasri S, Namazie A, Kreiman J, Sercarz JA, Gerratt BR, Berke GS. A pressure-regulated model of normal and pathologic phonation. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 1994; 111:807-15. [PMID: 7991263 DOI: 10.1177/019459989411100618] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Recent evidence suggests that the lung-thorax system functions as a constant pressure source during phonation. However, previous animal models used a constant flow source. This article describes an in vivo canine model that maintains a constant subglottic pressure during phonation to more closely simulate the pulmonary system. At any given subglottic pressure, increasing levels of recurrent laryngeal nerve stimulation resulted in a significant rise in resistance followed by a plateau. Increasing levels of superior laryngeal nerve stimulation, however, produced no significant change in glottal resistance. Three experimental conditions were studied: normal, unilateral recurrent laryngeal nerve paralysis, and paralysis followed by arytenoid adduction. In normal canines, maximal vocal efficiency values were the highest, indicating the best match between pressure and resistance. The vocal efficiency values were significantly lower in recurrent laryngeal nerve paralysis, indicating pressure-resistance mis-match. Arytenoid adduction increased the maximal vocal efficiency values and decreased the mismatch observed in the paralyzed state. These findings may provide insight into an understanding of normal and pathologic laryngeal behavior.
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- S Nasri
- Division of Head and Neck Surgery, University of California, Los Angeles School of Medicine 90024-1624
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Titze IR, Jiang JJ, Hsiao TY. Measurement of mucosal wave propagation and vertical phase difference in vocal fold vibration. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol 1993; 102:58-63. [PMID: 8420470 DOI: 10.1177/000348949310200111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Examination of the surface wave properties of the vocal fold mucosa is becoming an important part of assessment of vocal function. A key wave property is propagation velocity, which determines the phase delay between the upper and lower margins of the vocal folds. Excised canine larynges were used to measure this phase delay, and therewith propagation velocity. The motion of two flesh points was tracked stroboscopically. Differential displacements between the flesh points were matched to displacements of a model. A least-squared fit of the data to the model provided the numeric values of propagation velocity, which varied from 0.5 m/s to about 2.0 m/s, depending on fundamental frequency. The corresponding phase delay along the medial surface of the vocal folds varied from about 60 degrees/mm to 30 degrees/mm.
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- I R Titze
- Department of Speech Pathology, University of Iowa, Iowa City 52242-1012
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