Velopharyngeal function during vocalization in infants

Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 539-546

  Thom, Stacey A ^a,b   Hoit, Jeannette D ^a   Hixon, Thomas J ^a   Smith, Alice E ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b Providence Speech and Hearing Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cry; Development; Speech

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYING; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PALATOPHARYNGEAL INCOMPETENCE; PHARYNX EXAMINATION; PHONETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPEECH ARTICULATION; VOCALIZATION;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD LANGUAGE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRYING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PALATE, SOFT; PHARYNGEAL MUSCLES; PHARYNX; PRESSURE;

EID: 33748772297     PISSN: 10556656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1597/05-113     Document Type: Article

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