Figure 1.
Schematic diagram of the experimental setup based on excised larynx. (A) Flow meter with pressurized air input from an internal building source, (B) Two heater-humidifiers in series, (C) pseudolung, (D) larynx mounting apparatus consisting of bilateral three-pronged micromanipulators inserted into the arytenoids and an anterior micromanipulator sutured to the laryngeal prominence of the thyroid cartilage, (E) microphone, (F) digital camera, (G) acoustic preamplifier, (H) manometer.