Research Article

Juvenile Ovine Ex Vivo Larynges: Phonatory, Histologic, and Micro CT Based Anatomic Analyses

Table 1

Mean and standard deviations separated for larynges and pre-stress levels as well as over all 431 analyzed runs. The phonation threshold pressure (PTP) values are also given.

Larynx / WeightPTP (Pa)P (Pa)flow (ml/s)R (Pa.s/sl)f0 (Hz)SPL (dB)CPP (dB)CPP (dB)

L3w110321931 ± 434492 ± 2744816 ± 1788115 ± 4272.3 ± 4.822.3 ± 5.020.7 ± 3.6
w218093094 ± 698431 ± 2128360 ± 272088 ± 2676.4 ± 5.820.8 ± 4.721.1 ± 4.8
w324924197 ± 672492 ± 27411019 ± 5002128 ± 3379.5 ± 4.627.7 ± 3.126.7 ± 2.0

L4w119313517 ± 799492 ± 2748773 ± 334080 ± 1677.0 ± 4.522.5 ± 6.022.2 ± 4.9
w219793758 ± 872492 ± 2749348 ± 348869 ± 1877.9 ± 4.918.1 ± 2.818.6 ± 3.2
w312643101 ± 975492 ± 2747365 ± 211063 ± 1874.7 ± 6.217.7 ± 2.718.3 ± 2.6

L6w115953254 ± 966492 ± 2747810 ± 249890 ± 1378.5 ± 3.729.6 ± 3.225.4 ± 5.0
w216463437 ± 1031492 ± 2748214 ± 252981 ± 1677.4 ± 5.923.8 ± 6.522.7 ± 5.5
w317183436 ± 958492 ± 2748539 ± 276783 ± 1677.7 ± 4.924.9 ± 5.822.5 ± 5.9

L7w16102446 ± 993492 ± 2745329 ± 94498 ± 3373.6 ± 6.421.0 ± 3.819.0 ± 1.9
w217015728 ± 2173492 ± 27413021 ± 3286149 ± 5581.0 ± 9.126.4 ± 5.224.5 ± 4.9
w37123648 ± 1410492 ± 2748071 ± 1986118 ± 4078.3 ± 11.024.8 ± 3.823.5 ± 4.5

L8w117253409 ± 1011492 ± 2748178 ± 259678 ± 973.7 ± 7.821.8 ± 4.220.5 ± 4.1
w214153817 ± 1095492 ± 2749101 ± 262676 ± 2176.5 ± 7.222.9 ± 5.520.6 ± 4.3
w314964103 ± 1422492 ± 2749392 ± 203169 ± 2175.5 ± 6.823.5 ± 5.721.0 ± 4.3

L9w117794869 ± 1782492 ± 27411092 ± 235597 ± 2279.0 ± 8.325.2 ± 6.424.1 ± 4.8
w213643859 ± 1131503 ± 2949094 ± 265585 ± 2878.4 ± 5.519.7 ± 2.219.1 ± 1.8
w36073534 ± 1256435 ± 2569365 ± 273776 ± 1977.7 ± 7.422.8 ± 3.420.5 ± 2.8

L10w114703371 ± 844492 ± 2748305 ± 2843100 ± 1878.7 ± 5.328.8 ± 6.126.6 ± 4.8
w217223746 ± 824435 ± 25611384 ± 5379116 ± 1980.5 ± 5.529.1 ± 5.426.0 ± 4.5
w 319134216 ± 862435 ± 25613143 ± 6755116 ± 2981.6 ± 6.830.0 ± 4.527.0 ± 4.5

L11w114772791 ± 935435 ± 2568021 ± 360275 ± 2174.6 ± 8.221.6 ± 3.718.3 ± 3.2
w214153241 ± 802435 ± 2569500 ± 386493 ± 1480.4 ± 5.828.0 ± 3.823.1 ± 4.5
w317223586 ± 841435 ± 25610775 ± 4932108 ± 2683.4 ± 5.231.1 ± 5.228.3 ± 5.2

L12w15561672 ± 605492 ± 2743809 ± 83652 ± 1768.4 ± 8.618.7 ± 2.116.7 ± 0.8
w215283131 ± 641435 ± 2569511 ± 443767 ± 2177.8 ± 6.223.1 ± 5.320.8 ± 4.0
w319133622 ± 690435 ± 25611212 ± 565193 ± 2480.9 ± 4.525.5 ± 6.023.4 ± 4.2

Overall1503 ± 4643502 ± 1290473 ± 2618978 ± 398491 ± 3377.5 ± 7.124.1 ± 5.922.3 ± 5.0