Spectral properties and quantitative evaluation of hypernasality in vowels

Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 43-50

  Kataoka, Ryuta ^a,b,f   Michi, Ken Ichi ^a   Okabe, Kaoru ^c   Miura, Tanetoshi ^d   Yoshida, Hiroshi ^e  

^a SHOWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c Coretex Corporation ^*  (Japan)

^d TOKYO DENKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

acoustic analysis; factor analysis; hypernasality; nasal resonance; perceptual analysis; power spectrum

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PALATOPHARYNGEAL INCOMPETENCE; POWER SPECTRUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPEECH ANALYSIS; SPEECH DISORDER; VOWEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLEFT LIP; CLEFT PALATE; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NOSE; PHONETICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; SPEECH ACOUSTICS; SPEECH DISORDERS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; SPEECH THERAPY; VELOPHARYNGEAL INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 0030042612     PISSN: 10556656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1597/1545-1569(1996)033<0043:SPAQEO>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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