Validity of the nasometer measuring the temporal characteristics of nasalization

Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 506-517

  Bae, Youkyung ^a   Kuehn, David P ^a   Ha, Seunghee ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Nasalization; Nasometer; Segmentation; Temporal characteristics; Validity; Vowel contexts

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; DEVICE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MEASUREMENT; NOSE CAVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPEECH; SPEECH ARTICULATION; VOWEL;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RHINOMETRY, ACOUSTIC; SPEECH PRODUCTION MEASUREMENT; TAPE RECORDING; TIME FACTORS; VELOPHARYNGEAL INSUFFICIENCY; VOICE DISORDERS;

EID: 34548692520     PISSN: 10556656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1597/06-128.1     Document Type: Article

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