A comparative study of two acoustic measures of hypernasality

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1640-1651

  Vogel, Adam P ^a,b   Ibrahim, Hasherah M ^b,d   Reilly, Sheena ^a,b   Kilpatrick, Nicky ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Acoustics; Cleft lip and palate; Hypernasality; Quantitative research analysis; Speech

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLEFT PALATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SPECTROSCOPY; SPEECH ANALYSIS; SPEECH ARTICULATION; VOICE; VOWEL;

ADOLESCENT; AREA UNDER CURVE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLEFT LIP; CLEFT PALATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPEECH; SPEECH ACOUSTICS; SPEECH PRODUCTION MEASUREMENT; VOICE QUALITY;

EID: 71649107582     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2009/08-0161)     Document Type: Article

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