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Objective assessment of nasality in Flemish adults with neurofibromatosis type 1.
American journal of medical genetics. Part A - 1 Dec 2011
Cosyns Marjan, Mortier Geert, Janssens Sandra, Claes Kathleen, Van Borsel John
Abstract excerpt
When characterizing the speech of a patient with neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1), hypernasality is often mentioned. As few studies applied technically assisted evaluations of nasality in NF1 patients, the aim of the present study was to document the nasal resonance of adults with NF1 using nasometry. The nasometric data obtained from the NF1 patients were compared with the nasalance scores of a healthy control...
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