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An Acoustic Study on Voice Change after Tonsillectomy [PDF]
Kosin Medical Journal, 2012 Objectives Many people have been concerned about voice change after tonsillectomy. The purpose of this study is to analyze changes in the voice and to think about changes in the vocal tract after surgery by using CSL-MDVP. Methods Data of 27 patients who
Hwan Ho Lee, Joo Yeon Kim, Yong Hyeon No
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Myomucosal resection and direct closure of the posterior pharyngeal wall (Mahrous Technique as a novel technique for surgical correction of patients having velopharyngeal disorders). [PDF]
Minia Journal of Medical Research, 2020 Different surgical techniques have been described for surgical correction of patients having velopharyngeal disorders according to the pattern of closure of the velopharyngeal sphincter.
Ahmed Mahrous +5 more
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A Review of the Effect of Age and Speech Stimulus on Nasalance Scores in Healthy Participants
مجله پژوهش در علوم توانبخشی, 2017 Introduction: Instrumental assessments can provide numerical values in nasality assessment. One of these instruments is the nasometer (Kay Elemetrics, Lincoln Park, NJ, USA). The nasometer measures the oral and nasal acoustic energy during speech and the
Saba Sadeghi +3 more
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Nasality and nasalance-from the subjective to an objective assessment
Revista Română de Terapia Tulburărilor de Limbaj şi Comunicare, 2020 Nasalance is an important concept in the field of resonance speech disorders as opposed to nasality. It ensures the objective measurements of the nasal production, aspect that reduces the value of nasality, for sure an older concept than nasalance.
BODEA-HATEGAN, Carolina
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Nasometry Normative Data for 4- to 6-Years-Old Persian Normal Boys in Isfahan City, Iran
مجله پژوهش در علوم توانبخشی, 2016 Introduction: Every year, a group of children with velopharyngeal insufficiency (VPI) become candidate for secondary surgery in order to improve their resonance disorder, but the perceptual assessments that are based on clinician’s perceptual and ...
Saba Sadeghi +3 more
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Predicting Early Bulbar Decline in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: A Speech Subsystem Approach
Behavioural Neurology, Volume 2015, Issue 1, 2015., 2015 Purpose. To develop a predictive model of speech loss in persons with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) based on measures of respiratory, phonatory, articulatory, and resonatory functions that were selected using a data‐mining approach. Method.
Panying Rong +4 more
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Measurement of Voice Onset Time in Maxillectomy Patients
The Scientific World Journal, Volume 2014, Issue 1, 2014., 2014 Objective speech evaluation using acoustic measurement is needed for the proper rehabilitation of maxillectomy patients. For digital evaluation of consonants, measurement of voice onset time is one option. However, voice onset time has not been measured in maxillectomy patients as their consonant sound spectra exhibit unique characteristics that make ...
Mariko Hattori +4 more
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International Journal of Otolaryngology, Volume 2012, Issue 1, 2012., 2012 Introduction. The objective of this investigation was to evaluate the reliability and validity of the NasalView system as a screening tool for hypernasality within the scope of a routine diagnostic procedure in cleft lip and palate patients. Material and Methods. In a collective of 95 patients with cleft and lip palate ranging from 4 to 25 years of age,
Kai Wermker +4 more
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Influence of native language on Nasalance values in Kannada and Malayalam speakers
Journal of Cleft Lip Palate and Craniofacial Anomalies, 2021 Introduction: Nasalance values vary across languages. Therefore, establishing separate normative values of nasalance for each language and studying their influence on each other becomes important for the assessment and management of persons with ...
K S Girish, M Pushpavathi, H V Satish
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Nonlinear Dynamic Analysis of Vowels in Cleft Palate Children with or without Hypernasality
International Journal of Otolaryngology, Volume 2012, Issue 1, 2012., 2012 Objectives. To clarify the difference between Lyapunov exponents (LEs) for cleft palate (CP) patients with hypernasality versus without hypernasality and to investigate the relationship between their LEs and nasalance scores (NSs). Material and Methods.
Katsuaki Mishima +6 more
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