(a.) Of or pertaining to, or produced by, the glottis; glottic.
Example Sentences:
(1) To determine the relationship of information on glottal area function provided by deviations sensed by the photoelectric glottograph to that derived from a frame-by-frame analysis of ultrahigh-speed photographic film, simultaneous photographic and glottographic recordings were obtained from five subjects.
(2) Here a diaphragm support breath pattern was used in voice therapy for patients with vocal nodules, recurrent laryngeal nerve paralysis, and incomplete glottal closure.
(3) Analysis of the data indicates a wide variation of the glottal waveform shape, its rms intensity and fundamental frequency, phase spectrum, and intensity spectrum.
(4) Using concurrent videoendoscopy and manometry, glottal and upper esophageal sphincter (UES) responses to abrupt esophageal distention by air injection (10-60 mL) and balloon distention (1.5, 2.0, and 2.5 cm) were recorded simultaneously.
(5) A report is given on the development of procedures to process laryngeal high-speed films to extract the glottal wave-form and other glottal measurements.
(6) It was concluded that incomplete glottal closure of the posterior parts of glottis should be regarded as normal primarily in women and that loudness should be taken into consideration when studying glottal closure and breathiness.
(7) Four factors were found to be important for characterizing the glottal excitations for the four voice types: the glottal pulse width, the glottal pulse skewness, the abruptness of glottal closure, and the turbulent noise component.
(8) Glottal volume-velocity waveform data were collected from twenty male and female hearing-impaired adolescents by means of a reflectionless tube.
(9) The aims of the present study were to examine the glottal response to esophageal distention by air and regional esophageal distention by a balloon.
(10) Simulations were compared with available data on glottal vibration in laryngeal paralyses.
(11) They also spend excessive time in making unusual sounds consisting of a high-pitched shrill cry with little intonation in infancy and a harsh, strained, and glottal stridency in later life.
(12) As expected, glottal vibration extended over a longer time in the obstruent interval for voiced fricatives than for voiceless fricatives, and there were more extensive transitions of the first formant adjacent to voiced fricatives than for the voiceless cognates.
(13) Empirical models describe features of the glottal flow waveform (peak flow, peak flow derivative, open quotient, and speed quotient) in terms of lung pressure and phonation threshold pressure, a key variable that incorporates the Fo dependence of many of the features of the glottal flow.
(14) It was suggested that the degree and timing of PCA activity were directly responsible for determining the size and temporal course of the glottal opening for voiceless segments, although the suppression of the adductors might also have to be taken into consideration for a complete description of voiceless segment production.
(15) Analysis of the data, in comparison with characteristics of phonation produced by normally hearing subjects, indicates that deafness affects primarily the time-varying characteristics of the glottal source.
(16) The glottal waveforms measured by sonic-sensing pen tracing, cursor outlining, a photocell technique, and television camera scanning are presented and compared with the conventional polar planimeter method.
(17) In soft voice, the male and female glottal waveforms were more alike, and there was no significant difference in maximum airflow declination rate.
(18) This research included the cases of 232 patients operated on for laryngeal cancer and who underwent either total laryngectomy with or without conservation of the cricoid, or supra-glottal laryngectomy, or sub-glottal pharyngectomy.
(19) The results suggest that listeners base their voicing judgments of intervocalic fricatives on an assessment of the time interval in the fricative during which there is no glottal vibration.
(20) Interpretation of electroglottography (EGG) as an index of glottal contact area has been complicated by difficulty obtaining independent validation measures.
Lingual
Definition:
(a.) Of or pertaining to the tongue; uttered by the aid of the tongue; glossal; as, the lingual nerves; a lingual letter.
(n.) A consonant sound formed by the aid of the tongue; -- a term especially applied to certain articulations (as those of t, d, th, and n) and to the letters denoting them.
Example Sentences:
(1) The temperature increased from the anterior to the posterior region on both buccal and lingual sides of both arches.
(2) This was found to be homologous with the N-terminal sequence of rat lingual lipase.
(3) On the buccal and lingual aspects of the implants, both the absolute lengths and CLF were significantly smaller for the porous-coated design.
(4) An abscess of a lingual tonsil should be drained under general anesthesia, and lingual thyroid should be treated conservatively unless it produces obstructive symptoms.
(5) All the teeth were also measured on both their buccal and lingual aspects to assess the amount of gingival recession.
(6) It was suggested that they might be viewed as a representative sample of magnitude-estimation numbers that could be employed in experimentation on lingual vibrotactile magnitude production.
(7) A bucco-lingual cross action through the mandible in the canine area revealed central osteomas.
(8) Cervical cavities were prepared on the lingual and vestibular surfaces in 19 freshly extracted human teeth.
(9) Twelve weeks after crushing the lingual nerve, the regenerated fibres had slower conduction velocities but the receptor properties were not significantly different from normal.
(10) The results indicate that the tongue-to-teeth contact area of each sound differ from the others, however, it's range is confined within cervical half of lingual surface of incisors and lingual cusps of molars.
(11) Three main clinical entities of various intensity have been defined: 8 patients had severe intellectual and motor dysfunctions associated with a bucco-lingual dyspraxia; in 4 patients, the intellectual and motor alterations were less intense but were associated with a severe bucco-lingual dyspraxia; finally one patient had no clinical symptomatology but a chronic lymphocytic meningitis.
(12) In the lingual portion of the incisal periodontal ligament, these nerve fibers were localized in the alveolar half of the periodontal ligament and were observed as free nerve endings.
(13) Data System DALI (Drawing Arch Lingual Ideal) allows to draw the exact design of the wire.
(14) Two-dimensional photoelastic analysis of resin-bonded cingulum rest seats demonstrated improvement in stress distribution when the lingual surface of the tooth was prepared with a cingulum groove.
(15) A macular-sparing superior altitudinal hemianopia with no visuo-psychic disturbance, except impaired visual learning, was associated with bilateral ischaemic necrosis of the lingual gyrus and only partial involvement of the fusiform gyrus on the left side.
(16) Plaque was assessed at baseline and at the end of the 2-week study period using the Turesky modification of the Quigley and Hine index for all buccal and lingual surfaces.
(17) Both drugs relieved the parkinsonian symptoms but the animals on Sinemet developed after 2 weeks prominent lingual dyskinesia which remained visible after each dose until the end of the experiment.
(18) The nerve with the largest proportion of these fibers is the auriculotemporal nerve (50-60% of all labeled neurons), while the smallest percentages are found in the lingual nerve and motor root (about 5% each).
(19) We have concluded from the final data that the sublingual bar compares favorably with the lingual plate in patient acceptance and should be considered as a viable design alternative when a lingual plate is not indicated.
(20) A study of intermandibular variations in bone mass in cortices between regions of the alveolar process and mandibular body and between buccal and lingual cortices in the same region has been carried out.