Structural and functional causes of hypernasality in velocardiofacial syndrome

Folia Phoniatrica et Logopaedica

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 93-96

  Baylis, Adriane L ^a   Watson, Peter J ^b   Moller, Karlind T ^b  

^a Children's Hospital of Wisconsin   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

22q11 deletion; Velocardiofacial syndrome

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLEFT PALATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NASAL SPEECH; NOSE AIRFLOW; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRESSURE TRANSDUCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SPEECH; SPEECH DISORDER; VELOCARDIOFACIAL SYNDROME;

AIR PRESSURE; CHILD; CLEFT PALATE; DIGEORGE SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; NOSE; PILOT PROJECTS; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; SPEECH; SPEECH PRODUCTION MEASUREMENT; TRANSDUCERS, PRESSURE; VELOPHARYNGEAL SPHINCTER; VOICE DISORDERS; VOICE QUALITY;

EID: 62449092498     PISSN: 10217762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000209252     Document Type: Article

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