Pressure measurements during speech production using semiconductor miniature pressure transducers: impact on models for speech production. 1985

B Cranen, and L Boves

It appears that temperature instabilities are a major obstacle hindering the use of semiconductor strain gauge pressure transducers in speech research, especially when absolute pressure data are mandatory. In this paper a simple and reliable method for an in vivo calibration of this kind of transducer is described. The most important error source, the drift of the zero pressure level due to temperature changes, is discussed, and an estimation of the measurement accuracy which can be obtained is given. Moreover, some registrations of subglottal, supraglottal, and transglottal pressure are presented. It is shown that the pressure recordings allow us to obtain estimates of the volume flow in the trachea and pharynx. Analysis of those waveforms appears to lead to new insights into the physical processes underlying voice production. Specifically, an independent glottal contribution to the skewing of the glottal flow pulses is identified.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008904 Miniaturization The design or construction of objects greatly reduced in scale. Miniaturisation,Miniaturisations,Miniaturizations
D010614 Pharynx A funnel-shaped fibromuscular tube that conducts food to the ESOPHAGUS, and air to the LARYNX and LUNGS. It is located posterior to the NASAL CAVITY; ORAL CAVITY; and LARYNX, and extends from the SKULL BASE to the inferior border of the CRICOID CARTILAGE anteriorly and to the inferior border of the C6 vertebra posteriorly. It is divided into the NASOPHARYNX; OROPHARYNX; and HYPOPHARYNX (laryngopharynx). Throat,Pharynxs,Throats
D011312 Pressure A type of stress exerted uniformly in all directions. Its measure is the force exerted per unit area. (McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 6th ed) Pressures
D002138 Calibration Determination, by measurement or comparison with a standard, of the correct value of each scale reading on a meter or other measuring instrument; or determination of the settings of a control device that correspond to particular values of voltage, current, frequency or other output. Calibrations
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D012666 Semiconductors Materials that have a limited and usually variable electrical conductivity. They are particularly useful for the production of solid-state electronic devices. Semiconductor
D013068 Speech Production Measurement Measurement of parameters of the speech product such as vocal tone, loudness, pitch, voice quality, articulation, resonance, phonation, phonetic structure and prosody. Measurement, Speech Production,Measurements, Speech Production,Production Measurement, Speech,Production Measurements, Speech,Speech Production Measurements
D013696 Temperature The property of objects that determines the direction of heat flow when they are placed in direct thermal contact. The temperature is the energy of microscopic motions (vibrational and translational) of the particles of atoms. Temperatures
D014132 Trachea The cartilaginous and membranous tube descending from the larynx and branching into the right and left main bronchi. Tracheas
D014160 Transducers, Pressure Transducers that are activated by pressure changes, e.g., blood pressure. Pressure Transducer,Pressure Transducers,Transducer, Pressure

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