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Journal of Undergraduate Research

Keywords

synthetic composite materials, vocal fold tissue, collagen fibers

College

Ira A. Fulton College of Engineering and Technology

Department

Mechanical Engineering

Abstract

Over the past 25 years, research has been done to analyze the response of vocal fold tissue to tensile loading. Although the research provided better understanding of vocal fold behavior, there has been significant variability in the results of each research endeavor. Many factors may have contributed to the differences, such as dissimilar experimental set-ups, difficulty of obtaining and analyzing vocal fold samples, etc. However, the most significant factor of variance is most likely related to the structure of the tissue itself.

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