Effects of head geometry simplifications on acoustic radiation of vowel sounds based on time-domain finite-element simulations

One of the key effects to model in voice production is that of acoustic radiation of sound waves emanating from the mouth. The use of three-dimensional numerical simulations allows to naturally account for it, as well as to consider all geometrical head details, by extending the computational domain...

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Autores: Arnela, Marc, Guasch, Oriol, Alías-Pujol, Francesc
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2013
País:España
Institución:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
OAI Identifier:oai:recercat.cat:20.500.14342/5725
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14342/5725
https://doi.org/10.1121/1.4818756
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Human voice
Acoustical properties
Auditory system
Speech production
Acoustic phenomena
Vowel systems
Acoustic waves
Physical radiation effects
Finite-element analysis
Organs
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Sumario:One of the key effects to model in voice production is that of acoustic radiation of sound waves emanating from the mouth. The use of three-dimensional numerical simulations allows to naturally account for it, as well as to consider all geometrical head details, by extending the computational domain out of the vocal tract. Despite this advantage, many approximations to the head geometry are often performed for simplicity and impedance load models are still used as well to reduce the computational cost. In this work, the impact of some of these simplifications on radiation effects is examined for vowel production in the frequency range 0–10 kHz, by means of comparison with radiation from a realistic head. As a result, recommendations are given on their validity depending on whether high frequency energy (above 5 kHz) should be taken into account or not.