Elevation of the soft palate in speech and swallowing in normal female participants and females with motor neuron disease: an innovative procedures for measuring palatal elevation.

The aim was to measure the angle of elevation of the soft palate during the separate conditions of swallowing of pudding, swallowing of liquid and during production of 'may/pay', using videofluroscopy and innovative computer software. We then determined whether soft palate elevation (as reflected in...

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Published in:International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders Vol. 37; no. 2; pp. 197 - 215
Main Authors: Perry A, Anderson K, Lean R, Cotton S
Format: diagnostic images research tables/charts Journal Article
Published: Wiley-Blackwell Apr-Jun2002
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