Uvulopalatopharyngoplasty changes fundamental frequency of the voice - A prospective study

Journal of Laryngology and Otology

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 113-118

  Brosch, Sibylle ^a,b   Matthes, Christiane ^a   Pirsig, Wolfgang ^a   Verse, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Palate; Soft; Speech acoustics; Surgery; Tonsillectomy; Uvula; Voice

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; MALE; PALATE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SOFT PALATE; SPEECH; TONSILLECTOMY; UVULOPALATOPHARYNGOPLASTY; VOICE;

EID: 0034007599     PISSN: 00222151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/0022215001905049     Document Type: Article

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