The influence of dentures on nasalance values in speech

Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 51-56

  Scarsellone, Jana M ^a   Rochet, Anne P ^a   Wolfaardt, John F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Misericordia Community Hospital   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging; Nasometer; Resonance

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAXILLA; MOUTH CAVITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SPEECH DISORDER;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DENTITION; DENTURE, COMPLETE, UPPER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPEECH; SPEECH DISORDERS; VOICE QUALITY;

EID: 0032895545     PISSN: 10556656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1597/1545-1569(1999)036<0051:TIODON>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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