Speech segment duration measurements in adult speakers with repaired cleft palate and hypernasality. 1988

S B Leder, and J W Lerman, and P J Alfonso
Hearing, Speech, and Language Center, Yale-New Haven Hospital, CT 06504.

Consonant closure duration, vowel duration preceding word-final stop consonants, and total VCVC utterance duration were measured in order to investigate if normal durations in these variables were exhibited in subjects with cleft palate and hypernasality. The data revealed no significant differences among three adult subject groups (noncleft, repaired cleft with mild hypernasality, and repaired cleft with severe hypernasality) on any of the duration measurements investigated, suggesting that speech timing for these features were not significantly altered by the presence of the nasal air leak. Speakers in the two hypernasal groups, however, showed smaller differences between vowel durations in voiced and voiceless stop environments than did speakers without cleft palate. There were significant differences among groups in durational cues between vowel types and between voicing features of stop consonants, both of which were in agreement with previous research.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D002972 Cleft Palate Congenital fissure of the soft and/or hard palate, due to faulty fusion. Cleft Palate, Isolated,Cleft Palates,Palate, Cleft,Palates, Cleft
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000293 Adolescent A person 13 to 18 years of age. Adolescence,Youth,Adolescents,Adolescents, Female,Adolescents, Male,Teenagers,Teens,Adolescent, Female,Adolescent, Male,Female Adolescent,Female Adolescents,Male Adolescent,Male Adolescents,Teen,Teenager,Youths
D000328 Adult A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available. Adults
D013062 Speech Articulation Tests Tests of accuracy in pronouncing speech sounds, e.g., Iowa Pressure Articulation Test, Deep Test of Articulation, Templin-Darley Tests of Articulation, Goldman-Fristoe Test of Articulation, Screening Speech Articulation Test, Arizona Articulation Proficiency Scale. Articulation Test, Speech,Articulation Tests, Speech,Speech Articulation Test,Test, Speech Articulation,Tests, Speech Articulation
D013065 Speech Intelligibility Ability to make speech sounds that are recognizable. Intelligibilities, Speech,Intelligibility, Speech,Speech Intelligibilities
D013068 Speech Production Measurement Measurement of parameters of the speech product such as vocal tone, loudness, pitch, voice quality, articulation, resonance, phonation, phonetic structure and prosody. Measurement, Speech Production,Measurements, Speech Production,Production Measurement, Speech,Production Measurements, Speech,Speech Production Measurements
D013997 Time Factors Elements of limited time intervals, contributing to particular results or situations. Time Series,Factor, Time,Time Factor

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