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Elevation of the soft palate in speech and swallowing in normal female participants and females with motor neuron disease: an innovative procedure for measuring palatal elevation

Alison Perry School of Human Communication Sciences, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia
,
Karen Anderson Speech Pathology Department, Monash Medical Centre, Monash, Australia
,
Ruth Lean Sydney, Australia
&
Susan Cotton Faculty of Health Sciences, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia
Pages 197-214 | Published online: 03 Jul 2009

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