Effect of placement of a speech appliance on levator veli palatini muscle activity during speech

Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 478-482

  Tachimura, T ^a   Nohara, K ^a   Wada, T ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cleft palate; Electromyography; Levator veli palatini; Speech appliance; Velopharyngeal function

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLEFT PALATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PALATE; PALATOPHARYNGEAL INCOMPETENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS; SPEECH;

EID: 0033771569     PISSN: 10556656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1597/1545-1569(2000)037<0478:EOPOAS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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