The Relationship between the Characteristics of Speech and Velopharyngeal Gap Size

Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 590-596

  Kummer, Ann W ^a,d   Briggs, Marianne ^b   Lee, Linda ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Rehab Dynamics   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^d Cincinnati Childrens Hosp Med Ctr   (United States)

Author keywords

Cleft palate; Hypernasality; Nasal emission; Velopharyngeal dysfunction; Velopharyngeal insufficiency

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLEFT LIP PALATE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PALATOPHARYNGEAL INCOMPETENCE; PHARYNX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPEECH; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CINERADIOGRAPHY; CLEFT LIP; CLEFT PALATE; ENDOSCOPY; FLUOROSCOPY; FORECASTING; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; PALATE, SOFT; PHARYNX; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPEECH DISORDERS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; VELOPHARYNGEAL INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 0242678371     PISSN: 10556656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1597/1545-1569(2003)040<0590:TRBTCO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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