A Combined Vocal-Fold Model

To study the vibration properties of human vocal folds, a combined model, named two-mass FEM model (T-F model), is constructed to integrate all the merits of both the FEM model and the asymmetric two-mass model of vocal folds. The high-speed glottis graph (HGG) can also be synthesized by means of the model. The comparison of the simulated vibration behaviors of normal and unilateral paralysis vocal folds with those obtained by other authors. Before shows that T-F model can simulate the behavior of vocal folds at a competitive computational speed in a more realistic way.