In vivo measurement of vocal fold surface resistance.

Mizuta M, Kurita T, Dillon NP, Kimball EE, Garrett CG, Sivasankar MP, Webster RJ, Rousseau B. In vivo measurement of vocal fold surface resistance. The Laryngoscope. 2017 Dec;127(127). E364-E370. PMID: 28573762 [PubMed] PMCID: PMC5607073 NIHMSID: NIHMS874525.

Abstract

A custom-designed probe was developed to measure vocal fold surface resistance in vivo. The purpose of this study was to demonstrate proof of concept of using vocal fold surface resistance as a proxy of functional tissue integrity after acute phonotrauma using an animal model.