Induced velopharyngeal fatigue effects in speakers with repaired palatal clefts

Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 251-260

  Moon, Jerald B ^a   Kuehn, David P ^b   Chan, Grace ^a   Zhao, Lili ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Closure force; Fatigue; Velopharyngeal function

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLEFT PALATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PALATOPHARYNGEAL INCOMPETENCE; PALATOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAR FORMATION;

ADULT; AIR PRESSURE; CLEFT LIP; CLEFT PALATE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PALATAL MUSCLES; PHARYNGEAL MUSCLES; PHONATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPEECH;

EID: 34248380413     PISSN: 10556656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1597/06-098     Document Type: Article

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