Nasal Voice - Hypernasal Speech

Hypernasal Speech

Hypernasal speech is inappropriate increased airflow through the nose during speech, especially with plosives and fricatives (syllables that begin with a consonant).

Examples of hypernasal speech include cleft palate and velopharyngeal insufficiency.

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