The impact of tonsillectomy with or without adenoidectomy on speech and voice

International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology

Volumn 72, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1377-1384

  Salami, Angelo ^a   Jankowska, Barbara ^a   Dellepiane, Massimo ^a   Crippa, Barbara ^a   Mora, Renzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adenoidectomy; Hypernasality; Resonance; Speech spectrum; Tonsillectomy; Voice

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ADENOIDECTOMY; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AVERAGE OF FUNDAMENTAL FREQUENCY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGREE OF VOICE BREAKS; DEGREE OF VOICELESS; HUMAN; JITTER PERCENT; MALE; NOISE TO HARMONICS RATIO; PARAMETER; PEAK AMPLITUDE VARIATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SHIMMER; SOFT PHONATION INDEX; SPEECH; SPEECH ARTICULATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STUDENT T TEST; TONSILLECTOMY; VOICE; VOICE HANDICAP INDEX; VOICE TURBULENCE INDEX;

ADENOIDECTOMY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; SPEECH; SPEECH ACOUSTICS; TONSILLECTOMY; VOICE QUALITY;

EID: 48449086935     PISSN: 01655876     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2008.05.019     Document Type: Article

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