Journal of Voice
Volume 23, Issue 2 , Pages 143-150 , March 2009

Viscoelastic Measurements of Vocal Folds Using the Linear Skin Rheometer

  • Seth H. Dailey

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine, Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery – University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, Madison, Wisconsin
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence and reprint requests to Seth H. Dailey, MD, Department of Surgery, University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, K4/720, 600 Highland Avenue, Madison, WI 53792-7375.
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  • Ichiro Tateya

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine, Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery – University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, Madison, Wisconsin
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  • Douglas Montequin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine, Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery – University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, Madison, Wisconsin
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  • Nathan V. Welham

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine, Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery – University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, Madison, Wisconsin
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  • Eric Goodyer

      Affiliations

    • The Centre for Computational Intelligence - Bioinformatics Group, DeMontfort University, Leicester, UK

,Accepted 4 January 2007.

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 This study was supported by grant ROl DC4428 from the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders.

PII: S0892-1997(07)00006-9

doi: 10.1016/j.jvoice.2007.01.002

Journal of Voice
Volume 23, Issue 2 , Pages 143-150 , March 2009

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