Nasalance Scores for Normal-Speaking Irish Children

Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 168-174

  Sweeney, Triona ^a,b   Sell, Debbie ^c   O'Regan, Myra ^d  

^a CHILDREN S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^c GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Nasalance; Nasality; Nasometer; Normal Irish children; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONSONANT; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IRELAND; MALE; NASALANCE; NASALITY; NASOMETER; NORMAL HUMAN; NOSE; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPEECH; VOICE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRELAND; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX FACTORS; SPEECH PRODUCTION MEASUREMENT; VOICE QUALITY;

EID: 1542723705     PISSN: 10556656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1597/02-094     Document Type: Article

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