Velopharyngeal Gap Size During Sustained Vowel Production Correlates With Perceptual Ratings of Hypernasality in Connected Speech.

Jessica L Williams Jamie L PerryKate BuntonKelly Nett Cordero Taylor D Snodgrass Davinder J SinghHamy TemkitThomas J Sitzman

Published in: Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR (2024)

Hypernasality ratings made at the connected speech level were significantly associated with VP gap size as measured during sustained vowel production. These findings suggest sustained vowel production elicited on MRI may adequately characterize VP gap size in the evaluation of VP insufficiency.

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