Speech compensation for prosthodontically created palatal asymmetries.
Symmetry of alveolar and palatal contour was altered prosthodontically for five subjects. There was palatographic evidence, for both /s/ and /l/, that the prosthodontic changes were not always compensated for in one week of adaptation. Compensation was more pervasive for /s/ and took the form of preservation of the general orientation of the air channel in spite of the palatal asymmetries present.
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University of Maryland, College Park.
D000222:Adaptation, Physiological; D000539:Alveolar Process / Q000502:physiology; D003778:Dentures; D004566:Electrodes; D007839:Functional Laterality / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D010159:Palate / Q000502:physiology*; D010700:Phonetics; D013060:Speech / Q000502:physiology*; D013061:Speech Acoustics