An acoustic study of the temporal characteristics of nasalization in children with and without cleft palate

Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 535-543

  Ha, Seunghee ^a   Sim, Hyunsub ^b   Zhi, Minje ^c   Kuehn, David P ^a  

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

^b Ewha Womans University   (South Korea)

^c MPC Company   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Acoustic study; Cleft palate; Hypernasality; Nasalization; Temporal patterns

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLEFT PALATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOUTH CAVITY; NOSE CAVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND DETECTION; SPEECH; SPEECH ARTICULATION; VOWEL; WAVEFORM;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLEFT PALATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; KOREA; MALE; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; SPEECH ACOUSTICS; SPEECH ARTICULATION TESTS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; VOICE DISORDERS; VOICE QUALITY;

EID: 4544341895     PISSN: 10556656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1597/02-109.1     Document Type: Article

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