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PubMed1992

[How to evaluate velar insufficiency?].

The evaluation of velar insufficiency is absolutely necessary in order to assess the results of surgery of the labial palatal cleft. In addition to the clinical examination which remains indispensable, the aerophonometer, applicable to adults and children as from the age of 3, enables simultaneous measurement of the flow of buccal air, the flow of nasal air, and the buccal phonogram. The comparison of the lines, the relation of the nasal air and buccal air flows, upon the emission of two standard sentences with and without nasal components, enables an objective assessment of velar functioning.

Child, Preschool↗

PubMed1992

[A multiparameter method of computer-assisted objective vocal evaluation].

The aim of this study is to validate an aid for the evaluation of dysphonia with objective measurements. We recorded exhaled airflow, fundamental frequency and sound level pressure, for a sustained vowel "a", with 51 dysphonic subjects and 15 normal subjects. The following measurements are made on these three parameters: mean value, standard deviation and coefficient of variation. The exhaled airflow volume was also computed for a duration of 2 seconds. A principal components analysis of the measurements indicated that it is possible to recognise the classes of vocal evaluation and vocal pathology. These findings reinforce on objective aid for the vocal evaluation of dysphonia.

Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted↗