In Chaoyang, the features [constricted glottis] ([c.g.]) and [nasal] are specified at the level of the morpheme, and distributed within the syllable in conformity with a set of ranked and violable output constraints. Coda consonants consist of Place features alone, and surface as voiceless glottalized stops if the syllable carries [c.g.], and as nasals if the syllable is not [c.g.]. The constra...

BACKGROUND: The speech of individuals with cleft lip and palate is primarily characterized by nasality oral because or velopharyngeal dysfunction. OBJECTIVES: aim the present study to investigate acoustical assessment perceptual rating measurements in children. METHODS: participants included 30 children age range 4 12 years. Prior parental consent was obtained for inclusion their study. Speech ...

For nasal vowels, a gesture as simple as the lowering of the velum produces complex acoustic spectra. However, we still find a relative simplicity in the perceptual space; nasality is perceived easily. In this preliminary study, we use statistic method to recover the gesture of the velum. In order to reduce the extreme variability of nasal vowels, we introduced a simulation based on Maeda’s mod...

UNLABELLED The use of prosthetic devices for correction of velopharyngeal insufficiency (VPI) is an alternative treatment for patients with conditions that preclude surgery and for those individuals with a hypofunctional velopharynx (HV) with a poor prognosis for the surgical repair of VPI. Understanding the role and measuring the outcome of prosthetic treatment of velopharyngeal dysfunction re...

Background: When indicated, velopharyngeal insufficiency (VPI) is treated with pharyngoplasty consideration of patient’s age. Several studies have evaluated the relationship between age at surgery and speech outcome. The best results regarding reduction open nasality were obtained when surgeries performed around 5 to 6 years operative complications also less frequent in younger group than older...

(1) Faculdade de Odontologia de Bauru; Hospital de Reabilitação de Anomalias Craniofaciais da Universidade de São Paulo – USP, Bauru, SP, Brasil. (2) Faculdade de Filosofia e Ciências da Universidade Estadual Paulista – UNESP, Marília, SP, Brasil. (3) Faculdade de Odontologia de Bauru, USP, Bauru, Brasil. This study was conducted at the Hospital for Rehabilitation of Craniofacial Anomalies, Uni...

PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to describe the growth of children's segmentation and representation of consonant blends in the kindergarten year and to evaluate the extent to which linguistic features influence segmentation and representation of consonant blends. Specifically, the roles of word position (initial blends, final blends), class of blends, homorganicity, and nasality were con...