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Clicks produced as compensatory articulations in two adolescents with velocardiofacial syndrome.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  18616363     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
OBJECTIVE: To report perceptual and dynamic articulatory electropalatography data on clicks produced as compensatory articulations by two adolescents (S1 and S2) with velocardiofacial syndrome and velopharyngeal dysfunction. RESULTS: The perceptual analysis showed that both speakers produced click substitutions for English targets /t/, /d/, /k/, /g/, and S2 additionally produced clicks for /p/, /b/, and /tintegral/, //. The adolescents produced a range of clicks, which varied in placement (bilabial, dental, alveolar, palatal), voicing (voiced, voiceless), and nasality (nasal, nonnasal). Measurements from the electropalatography data for lingual clicks revealed two articulatory closures, one in the anterior and another in the posterior region of the hard palate. The data revealed how the two closures were timed precisely to produce the click sound. The clicks involved a complex and highly coordinated sequence of tongue maneuvers similar to clicks in some southern African languages. CONCLUSIONS: Clicks are interpreted as compensatory articulations enabling some speakers with velopharyngeal dysfunction to produce plosive and affricate sounds with perceptually salient acoustic bursts in the oral cavity. Clicks as compensatory articulations merit further systematic investigation, and the procedures reported in this study are considered appropriate for such research.
Authors:
Fiona Gibbon; Alice Lee; Ivan Yuen; Lisa Crampin
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article     Date:  2008-01-02
Journal Detail:
Title:  The Cleft palate-craniofacial journal : official publication of the American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association     Volume:  45     ISSN:  1055-6656     ISO Abbreviation:  Cleft Palate Craniofac. J.     Publication Date:  2008 Jul 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2008-07-11     Completed Date:  2008-10-07     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9102566     Medline TA:  Cleft Palate Craniofac J     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  381-92     Citation Subset:  D; IM    
Affiliation:
Speech and Hearing Sciences, Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh, U.K. fgibbon@qmu.ac.uk
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adaptation, Physiological
Adolescent
Articulation Disorders / physiopathology*
DiGeorge Syndrome / physiopathology*
Female
Humans
Male
Palate, Hard / physiopathology
Sound Spectrography
Speech Acoustics
Speech Production Measurement*
Tongue / physiopathology
Velopharyngeal Insufficiency / physiopathology*

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