Dynamic aspects of velopharyngeal closure.
| Number | 387 |
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| Year | 1982 |
| Drawer | 7 |
| Entry Date | 11/19/1999 |
| Authors | Niimi, S., Bell-Berti, F., & Harris, K. S. |
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| Publication | Folia Phoniatrica, 34, 246-257. |
| url | http://www.haskins.yale.edu/Reprints/HL0387.pdf |
| Abstract | The question of whether velopharyngeal closure in speech is created by the action of the levator palatini muscle alone or in concert with superior constrictor muscles was addressed in a study of 1 speaker of American English producing disyllables containing nasal-oral & oral-nasal consonant oppositions. Nasopharyngeal film was taken along with oscillographic recordings. Results indicate that the levator palatini muscle is "primarily responsible for the medial movement of the lateral pharyngeal wall.” |
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