TABLE I.
Angle and pressure dependence of the hemilaryngeal flow rates (at d = 0.04 cm). All flow rates are in cm3/s. The first row (a) refers to conditions when the VW is the FW, and the second row (b) when the SW is the FW.
| Angle | P = 3 cm H2O |
P = 5 cm H2O |
P = 10 cm H2O |
P = 20 cm H2O |
P = 40 cm H2O |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20° con | (a) | 87.4 | 116.2 | 176.5 | 259.3 | 374.3 |
| 10° con | (a) | 85.9 | 114.1 | 172.1 | 250.9 | 373.7 |
| (b) | 84.8 | 112.4 | 168.8 | 253.6 | 370.5 | |
| 5° con | (a) | 79.4 | 105.8 | 161.8 | 238.7 | 359.8 |
| (b) | 80.1 | 107.3 | 161.1 | 239.1 | 359.2 | |
| 0° | (a) | 72.4 | 98.5 | 154.5 | 225.1 | 353.4 |
| 5° div | (a) | 92.4 | 124.4 | 190.0 | 278.9 | 423.8 |
| (b) | 89.3 | 120.5 | 184.9 | 267.6 | 403.1 | |
| 10° div | (a) | 94.1 | 124.1 | 186.3 | 262.2 | 402.2 |
| (b) | 92.1 | 121.8 | 179.6 | 264.3 | 387.0 | |
| 20° div | (a) | 87.6 | 115.4 | 176.4 | 253.5 | 382.8 |
| (b) | 118.6 | 181.8 | 256.5 | 377.2 | ||