The effect of nasal speaking valve on the speech under experimental velopharyngeal incompetence condition

Journal of Oral Rehabilitation

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 361-369

  Suwaki, M ^a   Nanba, K ^a   Ito, E ^b   Kumakura, I ^b   Minagi, S ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KAWASAKI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL WELFARE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dysarthria; Hypernasality; Intelligibility; Palatal lift prosthesis; Speech; Velopharyngeal incompetence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EVALUATION; HUMAN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MALE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NOSE CAVITY; PALATOPHARYNGEAL INCOMPETENCE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROSTHESES AND ORTHOSES; PROSTHESIS; SOFT PALATE; SPEECH; SPEECH DISORDER; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; NASAL CAVITY; PALATE, SOFT; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; SPEECH ACOUSTICS; SPEECH DISORDERS; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VELOPHARYNGEAL INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 42149111828     PISSN: 0305182X     EISSN: 13652842     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2842.2008.01846.x     Document Type: Article

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