Nasal voice
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A nasal voice is a type of speaking voice characterized by speech with a "nasal" quality to it. It can also occur naturally because of genetic variation. In vocal context, the opposite of nasal is adenoidal or denasal.
Nasal speech can be divided into hypo-nasal or hyper-nasal.
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[edit] Hypo-nasal speech
- Hypo-nasal speech is when there is a lack of appropriate nasal airflow during speech resulting in speech much as if someone has a bad cold.
Causes of hypo-nasal speech include anything that causes nasal obstruction including, but not limited to:
- adenoid hypertrophy
- turbinate hypertrophy
- allergies
- sinus infections
- viral upper respiratory infection
- deviated septum
[edit] Hyper-nasal speech
Hyper-nasal speech is inappropriate increased airflow through the nose during speech, especially with plosives and fricatives (syllables that begin with a consonant).
Examples of hyper-nasal speech include cleft palate and velopharyngeal insufficiency.
[edit] People described as having nasal voices
- Fran Drescher
- Neil Young
- Bob Dylan
- John Lennon
- Billy Corgan
- The character Janice on the popular sitcom Friends
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