Benchmarking objective voice measures in a physical model of phonation*

This talk describes a benchmarking of objective measures of voice quality in a physical model of phonation. The physical model is composed of silicone rubber vocal fold models housed in a life-sized vocal tract. Different model vocal fold designs were used to mimic a range of vocal fold vibration patterns. Measurements of time-averaged quantities and fundamental frequency are compared to others in the literature. Clinically relevant objective measures of voice quality were calculated from radiated sound measurements. A comparison is made across vocal fold models to relate the objective measures and the dynamics of the fluid-structure interaction within the glottis.