A noninvasive estimation of hypernasality using a linear predictive model

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 587-594

  Rah, Dong Kyun ^a   Ko, Young Il ^b   Lee, Chulhee ^b   Kim, Deok Won ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cepstrum; Nasalence; Soft palate; Zero

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SOFT PALATE; SPEECH; SPEECH DISORDER; STATISTICAL MODEL;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PALATE, SOFT; SPEECH ACOUSTICS; SPEECH DISORDERS;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; COMPUTER APPLICATIONS; HUMAN REHABILITATION ENGINEERING; MICROPHONES; RADIOGRAPHY; SPEECH; SURGERY;

CEPSTRUM; HUMAN VOCAL TRACT SYSTEM; HYPERNASALITY; NASALENCE; SOFT PALATE;

NONINVASIVE MEDICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 0034742171     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1114/1.1380422     Document Type: Article

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