Age-related patterns of nasal resonance in normal flemish children and young adults

Scandinavian Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Hand Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 344-350

  Van Lierde, Kristiane M ^a   Wuyts, Floris L ^b   De Bodt, Marc ^b   Van Cauwenberge, Paul ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Nasalance; Nasometer; Veloadenoidal closure; Velopharyngeal function

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULTHOOD; AGE; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; CHILD GROWTH; CHILDHOOD; CONSONANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTION TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NASOMETER; NORMAL HUMAN; NOSE; READING; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SOUND; SPEECH; SPEECH ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BELGIUM; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PALATE, SOFT; PHARYNX; SPEECH ACOUSTICS; SPEECH PRODUCTION MEASUREMENT; VOICE QUALITY;

EID: 0842287318     PISSN: 02844311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02844310310004307     Document Type: Article

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