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Vocal efficiency and aerodynamic aspects in voice disorders.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  3970503     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
The variation of vocal efficiency for the mean values for normal subjects was investigated in patients with laryngeal disease. The relative contributions of mean flow rate and intrapulmonic pressure to the variation of efficiency were explored to explain aerodynamic aspects in voice disorders. Vocal efficiency was determined by use of expressions involving simultaneous values of sound pressure level, mean flow rate, and intrapulmonic pressure. The intrapulmonic pressure was noninvasively obtained by plethysmographic and pneumotachographic methods. Values of vocal efficiency were generally abnormally low for the types of larynges studied. An aerodynamic-biomechanical classification of laryngeal disease was inferred from the data: 1) large chink of glottis, associated with high flow rate; 2) mass on vocal fold, associated with high values of both flow rate and intrapulmonic pressure; and 3) high stiffness of vocal fold, associated with high values of intrapulmonic pressure.
Authors:
S Tanaka; W J Gould
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  The Annals of otology, rhinology, and laryngology     Volume:  94     ISSN:  0003-4894     ISO Abbreviation:  Ann. Otol. Rhinol. Laryngol.     Publication Date:    1985 Jan-Feb
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1985-03-21     Completed Date:  1985-03-21     Revised Date:  2006-05-15    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0407300     Medline TA:  Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol     Country:  UNITED STATES    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  29-33     Citation Subset:  AIM; IM    
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adult
Aged
Female
Humans
Laryngeal Diseases / classification,  complications
Lung / physiology
Male
Middle Aged
Phonation*
Pressure
Pulmonary Ventilation
Sound
Voice*
Voice Disorders / etiology,  physiopathology*

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