Single-word intelligibility in speakers with repaired cleft palate

Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics

Volumn 18, Issue 4-5, 2004, Pages 341-355

  Whitehill, Tara L ^a   Chau, Cynthia H F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Assessment; Cantonese; Cleft palate; Intelligibility; Speech production

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHILD; CHINA; CLEFT PALATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MONITORING; PALATOPLASTY; PHONETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SPEECH ANALYSIS; SPEECH DISORDER; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY;

EID: 4544327783     PISSN: 02699206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699200410001663344     Document Type: Article

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