Effects of soft palate implants on acoustic characteristics of voice and articulation

Journal of Voice

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 381-386

  Akpinar, Meltem Esen ^a   Kocak, Ismail ^b   Gurpinar, Berk ^c   Esen, Halil Erturk ^d  

^a Istanbul Surgery Hospital   (Turkey)

^b YEDITEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c Department of Dermatovenereology   (Turkey)

^d ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Formant frequency; Soft palate implant; Voice onset time; Vowel analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; IMPLANT; MALE; PHONETICS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SNORING; SOFT PALATE IMPLANT; SOUND DETECTION; SPEECH; SPEECH ARTICULATION; VOICE ONSET TIME; VOWEL;

ADULT; ARTICULATION DISORDERS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALATE, SOFT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; SNORING; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; SPEECH ACOUSTICS; SPEECH PRODUCTION MEASUREMENT; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TURKEY; VOICE DISORDERS; VOICE QUALITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955638407     PISSN: 08921997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvoice.2010.01.008     Document Type: Article

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