Speech outcome regarding overall intelligibility, articulation, resonance and voice in flemish children a year after pharyngeal flap surgery: A pilot study

Folia Phoniatrica et Logopaedica

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 223-232

  Van Lierde, Kristiane M ^a   Bonte, Katrien ^a   Baudonck, Nele ^a   Van Cauwenberge, P ^a   De Leenheer, Els M R ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Articulation; Pharyngeal flap surgery, outcome; Resonance; Velopharyngeal function; Velopharyngeal insufficiency

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DYSPHONIA; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PALATOPHARYNGEAL INCOMPETENCE; PHARYNX RECONSTRUCTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPEECH ARTICULATION; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; VOICE;

ADENOIDECTOMY; BELGIUM; CHILD; CLEFT PALATE; DYSPHONIA; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; PHARYNX; PHONATION; PHONETICS; PILOT PROJECTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPEECH ACOUSTICS; SPEECH ARTICULATION TESTS; SPEECH DISORDERS; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; SURGICAL FLAPS; VOICE; VOICE DISORDERS;

EID: 49049096735     PISSN: 10217762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000151242     Document Type: Article

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