Effect of the size of piriform sinuses on the voice quality

0392221 - ÚT 2014 CZ eng A - Abstract
Vampola, T. - Horáček, Jaromír
Effect of the size of piriform sinuses on the voice quality.
ENGINEERING MECHANICS 2013. Praha: Insitute of Thermomechanics ASCR, v. v. i., 2013 - (Zolotarev, I.). s. 165-166. ISBN 978-80-87012-46-8. ISSN 1805-8248.
[Engineering Mechanics 2013 /19./. 13.05.2013-16.05.2013, Svratka]
R&D Projects: GA ČR GAP101/12/1306
Institutional support: RVO:61388998
Keywords : voice quality * biomechanics of voice * numerical simulation of phonation
Subject RIV: BI - Acoustics

The influence of piriform sinuses (PS) on the resonance and antiresonance characteristics of the vocal tract is investigated. The change in sizes of PS cavities alters the resulting voice quality. Pilot studies reveal that additional formants caused by PS can occur in the frequency range of 3 – 5 kHz, i.e., in the range which is important for the production of the so called singer’s or speaker’s formant. This contribution therefore aims at investigating the influence of the side cavities of the vocal tract in more detail using two computational models of the vocal tract. First, is presented analysis of the influence of the acoustic spaces of PS on the existence of resonances and antiresonances in the spectra of the acoustic signal simulated using a reduced finite element (FE) model of the human vocal tract. Then the full FE model is used for the analysis by using direct numerical simulations of phonation.
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