There were relatively few studies this past year. Those that were published were hindered
by small and heterogeneous sample sizes and occasionally by inappropriate methods for …

AbstractIntroduction: The purpose of this study was to determine the inter tester and intra
tester reliability of 5 static and 3 dynamic palpation tests, and three pain provocation tests …

Purpose: Hypernasality and atypical voice characteristics are common features of dysarthric
speech due to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Existing acoustic measures have been …

Introduction: Speech sound disorder is one of the most prevalent developmental
communication disorders affecting approximately 8.7 percent of school-age children …

Little is known about the perceptual importance of changes in the shape of the source
spectrum, although many measures have been proposed and correlations with different …

Background Cleft palate patients have inability to produce adequate velopharyngeal
closure, which results in hypernasal speech. In clinic, hypernasal speech is assessed …

Introduction: Shoulder injuries are common among athletes in sports that involve overhead
throwing of the ball such as handball. The objectives of this study were to evaluate the timing …

Velopharyngeal insufficiency (VPI), which is the incomplete closure of the velopharyngeal
valve during speech, is a typical poor outcome that should be evaluated after cleft palate …

Introduction: Researchers make an effort to the assessment of injuries prevalence in
different sports, to the find the cause of this injury and eventually to provide the appropriate …

Objectives: Evaluation of hypernasality requires extensive perceptual training by clinicians
and extending this training on a large scale internationally is untenable; this compounds the …