Nasalance levels in the speech of normal Australian children

Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 287-292

  Van Doorn, Jan ^a   Purcell, Alison ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Nasalance; Nasality; Norms

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPEECH; SPEECH ARTICULATION; SPEECH DISORDER;

AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; CHILD LANGUAGE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMANS; MALE; NEW SOUTH WALES; PROBABILITY; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX FACTORS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SPEECH; SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY; URBAN HEALTH; VOICE QUALITY;

EID: 0031814103     PISSN: 10556656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1597/1545-1569(1998)035<0287:NLITSO>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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