Nasalance scores for speech in normal Thai children

Scandinavian Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Hand Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 351-355

  Prathanee, Benjamas ^a   Thanaviratananich, Sanguansak ^a   Pongjunyakul, Amornrat ^b   Rengpatanakij, Kanda ^b  

^a KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Cleft palate; Nasalance; Nasalance score; Nasometer

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSONANT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LANGUAGE; MALE; NASOMETER; NORMAL HUMAN; NOSE; PALATOPHARYNGEAL INCOMPETENCE; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; READING; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; SPEECH ANALYSIS; THAILAND;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; HUMANS; PALATE, SOFT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPEECH PRODUCTION MEASUREMENT; THAILAND; VOICE QUALITY;

EID: 0842308907     PISSN: 02844311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02844310310005892     Document Type: Article

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