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UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI
Upper Airway
Biomechanics
Lab

Marrying advanced knowledge in aerospace and mechanical engineering with medical and surgical expertise. We do modeling, simulations, and device development for disorders related to the upper human airways. Our goal is to acquire new knowledge to help prevent, detect, diagnose, and treat disease and disability.

News from the lab

03/05/25

Check out new publication in collaboration with the research team at Rochester Institute of Technology that shows softer implants lead to higher vocal efficiency after TT1 in UVFP.

Our
Projects

Current, past, and future

Voice Mechanisms

The relationship between acoustics, airflow, and vocal fold vibrations

Vortex PAP

Novel therapy for treatment of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA)

VPI

Resonance and Aeroacoustics Relationship in Velopharyngeal Insufficiency

Previous Projects

Computational modeling of airflow through tracheostomy tubes
Dynamic Computational Modeling of Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Down Syndrome

Future Projects

Contact us to learn more about new and upcoming ventures >

Our lab's equipment for cutting-edge technologies includes:

Flow Measurements:

Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV)
Hotwire Anemometry

Acoustic Measurements:

Microphones
Sound Pressure Level Meter
CSL & Nasometry system (Pentax Medical)
Aeroview system (Glottal Enterprises)

High-speed Imaging:

MIRO 340M (x4)
NOVA S4 (x2)
Sheimpflug adapters

Other Equipment:

Mach-1 (biomomentum)
National Instrument PXI Platform
Automated 3-axis traverse system (VELMEX
Customized load cell
Electroglottograph (EGG)
Pressure Transducers
Flow Seeders

Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) Solvers

Equipment

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our lab out?

If interested in participating in one of our research projects or learn more about the lab. Please reach out for more information.

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