Nasal voice
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A nasal voice is a type of speaking
voice characterized by speech with a "nasal" quality.[clarification needed
] It can also occur naturally because of genetic variation.
Nasal speech can be divided into hypo-nasal and hyper-nasal.
Hyponasal speech
Hyponasal speech,
rhinolalia clausa is a lack of appropriate nasal airflow during speech,[1] such as when a person has nasal congestion
.
Some causes of hyponasal speech are
turbinate hypertrophy
.
Hypernasal speech
.Examples of hypernasal speech include
cleft palate and velopharyngeal insufficiency
.
References
- ISBN 978-0-340-80893-1.
External links
- Nasal Speech Section of VoiceInfo.org
- An example of a nasally voice can be found here: [1]