Journal Articles

  1. Zhu, S., Leung, N., Chen, Y., Tong, E., & Ng, M. (in submission). Vowel production associated with Cantonese speakers of Parkinson’s disease. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology.

  2. Wang, T., Xu, X., Xie, X., & Ng, M. (in submission). Probing lexical ambiguity in Chinese characters via their word formations: Convergence of perceived and computed metrics on quantity and relatedness of character senses. Cognitive Science.

  3. Cox, S. R., Huang, T., Chen, W.-R., & Ng, M. L. (in re-submission). An acoustic study of Cantonese alaryngeal speech in different speaking conditions. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America.

  4. Wang, D., Zhang, Y., Zhang, H., Kuo, F., Zhang, L., Yang, Y., Wang, L., Yan, Y., Ng, M., & Yan, N. (accepted). Can sequence of emotion intensity presentation affect visual gaze in children with autism spectrum disorders? An eye-tracking study of natural emotion perception processes. Autism Research.
    doi: 10.1002/aur.2918

  5. Liu, J., Du, X., Lu, S., Zhang, Y., Hu, A., Ng, M., Su, R., Wang, L., & Yan, N. (2023). Audio-video database from subacute stroke patients for dysarthric speech intelligence assessment and preliminary analysis. Biomedical Signal Processing and Control, 79, Part 2, 104161.
    doi: 10.1016/j.bspc.2022.104161

  6. Wong, M. N., Baig, F. N., Chan, Y. K., Ng, M., & Zhu, F. F. (2022). Transcranial direct current stimulation over the primary motor cortex improves speech production in post-stroke dysarthric speakers: A pilot study. PLoS One, 17(10), e0275779.
    doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0275779

  7. Zhu, S., Chong, S., Chen, Y., Wang, T., & Ng, M. (2022). Effect of language on voice quality – An acoustic study of bilingual speakers of Mandarin Chinese and English. Folia Phoniatrica et Logopaedica, 1-10.
    doi: 10.1159/000525649

  8. Ng, M., Mak, C., Mak, J., & Xiong, M. (2022). Effect of temperature on consistency of starch- and gum-based thickened liquids for dysphagic individuals. Food Hydrocolloids for Health, 2, 1-7.
    doi: 10.1016/j.fhfh.2022.100076

  9. Ng, M. L., & Lui, H. Y. (2022). Rice congee as an alternative to thickened liquids for patients with swallowing disorders. Journal of Texture Studies, 53(3), 405-416.
    doi: 10.1111/JTXS.12673

  10. Chan, H. F., Ng, M. L., Kim, H., & Kim, D. Y. (2022). Swallowing-related quality of life among oral-feeding Chinese patients of Parkinson’s Disease – A preliminary study using Chinese SWAL-QOL. Disability and Rehabilitation, 44(7), 1077-1083.
    doi: 10.1080/09638288.2020.1791979

  11. Ng, M., & Ki, A. (2022). Acoustic characteristics associated with liquid swallowing sounds of different bolus consistencies in young healthy adults. International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 57(3), 552-564.
    doi : 10.1111/1460-6984.12706

  12. Hui, T. F., Cox, S. R., Huang, T., Chen, W.-R., & Ng, M. (2021). The effect of clear speech on Cantonese alaryngeal speakers’ intelligibility. Folia Phoniatrica et Logopaedica, 74(2), 103-111.
    doi: 10.1159/000517676

  13. Wong, L. Y., Ng, M., & Tong, E. T. S. (2021). How accurate are the consistency labels used in Hong Kong? An objective study of consistency of thickened liquids using IDDSI and consistometric measurements. Folia Phoniatrica et Logopaedica, 1-9.
    doi: 10.1159/000518480

  14. Ng, M., & Woo, H. K. (2021). Effect of total laryngectomy on vowel production – An acoustic study of vowels produced by alaryngeal speakers of Cantonese. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 23(6), 652-661.
    doi: 10.1080/17549507.2021.1876166

  15. Wang, T., Hong, Y., Wang, Q., Su, R., Ng, M. L., Xu, J., Wang, L., & Yan, N. (2021). Identification of mild cognitive impairment among Chinese based on multiple spoken tasks. Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease, 82(1), 185-204.
    doi: 10.3233/JAD-201387

  16. Chan, H. F., Ng, M. L., Rosen, C., & Schneider, S. L. (2021). Cultural adaptation and validation of Speech Handicap Index (SHI): A scoping review. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 30(2), 748-760.
    doi: 10.1044/2020_AJSLP-20-00236

  17. Ng, M. (2021). The use of the Lombard effect in improving alaryngeal speech. Journal of Voice, 35(1), 18-28.
    doi: 10.1016/j.jvoice.2019.07.007

  18. Wang, Z., Chen, Y., Ng, M. L., Yao, L., & Zhang, W. (2020). Acoustic analysis of Mandarin Chinese vowels produced by young adults. Rehabilitation Medicine, 30(3), 183-191.
    王臻旎、陈旸、吴民华、姚立群、张伟明（2020）。成人普通话元音的声学分析。康复学报，第30卷，第3期，183-191页。
    doi: 10.3724/SP.J.1329.2020.03004

  19. He, Y., Qi, S., Wang, L., He, W., Tan, C., Zhang, H., Chen, Y., Ng, M., & Yan, N. (2019). The characteristics of intelligence profile and eye gaze in facial emotion recognition in mild and moderate preschoolers with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 10, 402.
    doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2019.00402

  20. Zhang, H., Su, I-F., Chen, F., Ng, M., Wang, L., & Yan, N. (2019). The time course of orthographic and semantic activation in Chinese character recognition: Evidence from ERP study. Language, Cognition and Neuroscience, 35(3), 292-309.
    doi: 10.1080/23273798.2019.1652762

  21. Ng, M., & Tsang, G. (2019). The Lombard effect associated with Chinese male alaryngeal speech. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 21(6), 584-592.
    doi: 10.1080/17549507.2018.1551932

  22. Ng, M., Tong, E. T.-S., & Yu, K. K. M. (2019). Articulatory contact pressure during bilabial plosive production in esophageal and tracheoesophageal speech. Folia Phoniatrica et Logopaedica, 71(1), 1-6.
    doi: 10.1159/000493344

  23. Wong, M. N., Chan, Y., Ng, M., & Zhu, F. F. (2019). Effects of transcranial direct current stimulation over the Broca’s area on tongue twister production. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 21(2), 182-188.
    doi: 10.1080/17549507.2017.1417480

  24. Ng, M., Yan, N, Chan, V., & Chen, Y., & Lam, P. K. Y. (2018). A volumetric analysis of vocal tract associated with laryngectomees by using acoustic reflection technology. Folia Phoniatrica et Logopaedica, 70(1), 44-49.
    doi: 10.1159/000486714

  25. Ng, M. & Wong, B. Y. H. (2018). Voice performance in tonal language speakers with glottal insufficiency due to unilateral vocal fold paralysis after injection laryngoplasty: a multidimensional study of Cantonese patients. Hong Kong Medical Journal, 24 (suppl. 2), S42-44.

  26. Ng, M., Yan, N., Chiu, K. N., & Chen, Y. (2017). Acoustic and electroglottographic characteristics associated with tracheoesophageal speech of Cantonese. Rehabilitation Medicine, 27(5), 5-11.
    吴民华、燕楠、赵嘉丽、陈暘（2017）。粤语中食气管语的声学与电声门特性。康复学报，第27卷，第5期，5-11页。
    doi: 10.3724/SP.J.1329.2017.05005

  27. Ng, M., & Lau, D. (2017). A perceptual and acoustic study of voice gender in prepubertal children. Speech, Language and Hearing, 20(3), 123-129.
    doi: 10.1080/2050571X.2016.1253534

  28. Wong, M. N., Kuruvilla, M., & Ng, M. (2017). Differential effects of increased loudness on tongue kinematics in individuals with PD? Analyses of two cases. Speech, Language, and Hearing, 20(1), 49-56.
    doi: 10.1080/2050571X.2016.1206694

  29. Li, X., To, C. K. S., & Ng, M. (2017). Effects of L1 tone on perception of L2 tone – a study of Mandarin tone learning by native Cantonese children. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 20(3), 549-560.
    doi: 10.1017/S1366728916000195

  30. Ng, M. L., Chen, Y., & Wong, S. (2016). Lingual movement during speech production by a speaker of Cantonese with dysarthria – An electromagnetic articulographic study. Rehabilitation Medicine, 26(5), 8-16, 24.
    吴民华、陈暘、王芷琪（2016）。电磁构音图谱仪对神经控制异常性构音障碍粤语患者说话时舌头运动的研究。康复学报，第26卷，第5期，8-16, 24页。
    doi: 10.3724/SP.J.1329.2016.05008

  31. Jiang, C., McPherson, B., & Ng, M. (2016). Voice onset time of alveolar stop /t/ and realization of unaspirated affricates associated with Mandarin-speaking children with repaired cleft palate. International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology, 86, 150-155.
    doi: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2016.03.042

  32. Wong, B. Y.-H., Yu, S.-Y., Ho, W.-K., Wei, W. I., & Ng, M. (2016). Injection laryngoplasty using hyaluronic acid for Chinese patients with unilateral vocal fold paralysis. Speech, Language and Hearing, 19(3), 153-160.
    doi: 10.1080/2050571X.2016.1159407

  33. Jiang, C., Whitehill, T. L., McPherson, B., & Ng, M. (2016). Spectral moment analysis of affricates produced by Putonghua-speaking pre-adolescents with repaired cleft palate. International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology, 84, 137-142.
    doi: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2016.01.029

  34. Yu, S., Lee, T., & Ng, M. (2016). Surface electromyographic activity of extrinsic laryngeal muscles in Cantonese tone production. Journal of Signal Processing Systems, 82(2), 287-294.
    doi: 10.1007/s11265-015-1022-4

  35. Wang, Z., Yu, P., Yan, N., Wang, L., & Ng, M. (2016). Automatic assessment of pathological voice quality using multidimensional acoustic analysis based on the GRBAS scale. Journal of Signal Processing Systems for Signal Image and Video Technology, 82(2), 241-251.
    doi: 10.1007/s11265-015-1016-2

  36. Jiang, C., Whitehill, T. L., McPherson, B., & Ng, M. (2015). Consonant accuracy in Mandarin-speaking children with repaired cleft palate. International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology, 79(12), 2270-2276.
    doi: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2015.10.022

  37. Lai, T. Y., Wong, M. N., Ng, M. L., & Tong, E. T. (2015). Effects of aspiration and vowel context on lip and jaw kinematics in Cantonese bilabial plosive production. Speech, Language, and Hearing, 18(4), 212-218.
    doi: 10.1179/2050572815Y.0000000010

  38. Ng, M. L., & Xiong, M. Y. (2015). Chinese alaryngeal speech rehabilitation and their acoustical characteristics: A comprehensive review. Rehabilitation Medicine, 25(2), 44-49.
    吴民华、熊明月（2015）。汉语无喉复声的四种常见方法简介及嗓音特性对比。康复学报，第25卷，第2期，29-34页。
    doi: 10.13261/j.issn.2096-0328.2015.02.013

  39. Poon, M. S. F., & Ng, M. (2015). The role of fundamental frequency and formants in gender identification. Speech, Language and Hearing, 18(3), 161-165.
    doi: 10.1179/2050572814Y.0000000058

  40. Chan, L. K., Bridges, S. M., Doherty, I., Ng, M., Jin, J., Sharma, N., Chan, N. K., & Lai, Y. Y. H. (2015). A qualitative study on how health professional students and their PBL facilitators perceive the use of mobile devices during PBL. Interdisciplinary Journal of Problem-Based Learning, 9(1), 83-95.
    doi: 10.7771/1541-5015.1510

  41. Jiang, C., Whitehill, T. L., McPherson, B., & Ng, M. (2015). Spectral features and perceptual judgment of place of affricate articulation in normal Putonghua-speaking pre-adolescents and those with cleft palate. International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology, 79(2), 179-185.
    doi: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2014.12.003

  42. Yan, N., & Ng, M. (2014). Identification of accent in spoken English by Cantonese ESL speakers. WIT Transactions on Information and Communication Technologies, 74, 447-454.
    doi: 10.2495/ICCSA140551

  43. Ng, M., Bridges, S., Law, S. P., & Whitehill, T. (2014). Designing, implementing and evaluating an online problem-based learning (PBL) environment – A pilot study. Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics, 28(1-2), 117-130.
    doi: 10.3109/02699206.2013.807879

  44. Yan, N., Ng, M., Man, M. K., & To, T. H. (2013). Vocal tract dimensional characteristics of professional male and female singers with different types of singing voices. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 15(5), 484-491.
    doi: 10.3109/17549507.2012.744429

  45. Yan, N., Ng, M., Wang, D., Zhang, L., Chan, V., & Ho, R. S. (2013). Nonlinear dynamical analysis of laryngeal, esophageal, and tracheoesophageal voices of Cantonese. Journal of Voice, 27(1), 101-110.
    doi: 10.1016/j.jvoice.2012.06.009

  46. Chen, Y., Ng, M., & Li, T. (2012). English vowels produced by Cantonese-English bilingual speakers. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 14(6), 557-568.
    doi: 10.3109/17549507.2012.718360

  47. Ng, M., & Chan, M. W. (2012). Analyzing neoglottal vibration of Cantonese tracheoesophageal speech – A preliminary aerodynamic study using inverse-filtering. Folia Phoniatrica et Logopaedica, 64(6), 283-289.
    doi: 10.1159/000346878

  48. Yan, N., Lam, P. K. Y., & Ng, M. (2012). Pitch control in esophageal and tracheoesophageal speech of Cantonese. Folia Phoniatrica et Logopaedica, 64(5), 241-247.
    doi: 10.1159/000342825

  49. Tang, C., Ng, M., Chen, Y., & Yan, N. (2012). Constructing a physiological equivalent of the Cantonese vowel quadrilateral using electromagnetic articulography (EMA). Asia Pacific Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing, 15(3), 163-173.
    doi: 10.1179/136132812805253578

  50. Ng, M., Chen, Y., & Chan, E. Y. K. (2012). Differences in vocal characteristics between Cantonese and English produced by proficient Cantonese-English bilingual speakers – A long-term spectral analysis. Journal of Voice, 26(4), e171-e176.
    doi: 10.1016/j.jvoice.2011.07.013

  51. Ng, M., & Chen, Y. (2011). Proficiency in English sentence stress production by Cantonese speakers who speak English as a second language (ESL). International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 13(6), 526-535.
    doi: 10.3109/17549507.2011.580783

  52. Zhang, L., & Ng, M. (2011). An acoustics-based assessment of error patterns in English sounds produced by Cantonese ESL speakers. Asia Pacific Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing, 14(2), 73-84.
    doi: 10.1179/136132811805334867

  53. Ng, M. (2011). Aerodynamic characteristics associated with esophageal and tracheoesophageal speech of Cantonese. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 13(2), 137-144.
    doi: 10.3109/17549507.2011.534176

  54. Ng, M., Chen, Y., Wong, S., & Xue, S. (2011). Interarticulator timing control during inspiratory phonation. Journal of Voice, 25(3), 319-325.
    doi: 10.1016/j.jvoice.2010.01.001

  55. Lam, P. K. Y., Ng, M., Cheung, T. K., Wong, B. Y. H., Tan, V. P. Y., Fong, D. Y. T., Wei, W. I., & Wong, B. C. Y. (2010). Rabeprazole is effective in treating laryngopharyngeal reflux. Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 8(9), 770-776.
    doi: 10.1016/j.cgh.2010.03.009

  56. Xue, S., Kane, L., & Ng, M. (2010). Quantification of vocal tract configurations of older children with Down syndrome using acoustic reflection technology: a pilot study. International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology, 74, 378-383.
    doi: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2010.01.007

  57. Xue, S. A., Cheng, R. W. C., & Ng, M. (2010). Vocal tract dimensional development of adolescents: An acoustic reflection study. International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology, 74, 907-912.
    doi: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2010.05.010

  58. Ng, M., Hsueh, G., & Leung, C. S. (2010). Voice pitch characteristics of Cantonese and English produced by Cantonese-English bilingual children. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 12(3), 230-236.
    doi: 10.3109/17549501003721080

  59. Cheung, T. K., Lam, P. K. Y., Wei, W. I., Wong, W. M., Ng, M., & Wong, B. C. Y. (2009). Quality of life in patients with laryngopharyngeal reflux. Digestion, 79(1), 52-57.
    doi: 10.1159/000205267

  60. Ng, M., & Chu, R. (2009). An acoustical and perceptual study of vowels produced by alaryngeal speakers of Cantonese. Folia Phoniatrica et Logopaedica, 61(2), 97-104.
    doi: 10.1159/000209272

  61. Liu, H., & Ng, M. (2009). Formant characteristics of vowels produced by Mandarin esophageal speakers. Journal of Voice, 22(2), 210-218.
    doi: 10.1016/j.jvoice.2007.09.002

  62. Ng, M., Liu, H., Zhao, Q., & Lam, P. K. Y. (2009). Long-term average spectral characteristics of Cantonese alaryngeal speech. Auris Nasus Larynx, 36(5), 571-577.
    doi: 10.1016/j.anl.2008.12.005

  63. Ng, M., & Wong, J. (2009). Voice onset time characteristics of esophageal, tracheoesophageal, and laryngeal speech of Cantonese. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 52(3), 780-789.
    doi: 10.1044/1092-4388(2008/07-0182)

  64. Ng, M., Wong, R. K., Wei, W. I., Wong, Y. H., & Lam, P. K. Y. (2008). Acoustic changes in Chinese patients with cancer-related unilateral vocal fold paralysis after medialization thyroplasty. Contemporary Issues in Communication Science and Disorders, 35, 17-24.

  65. Ng, M., Chen, Y., & Sadaka, J. (2008). Vowel features in Turkish Accented English. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 10(6), 1-10.
    doi: 10.1080/17549500802399007

  66. Liu, H., Ng, M., Wan, M., Wang, S., & Zhang, Y. (2008). The effect of tonal changes on voice onset time in Mandarin esophageal speech. Journal of Voice, 23(2), 255-260.
    doi: 10.1016/j.jvoice.2006.08.013

  67. Lam, P. K. Y., Ho, W. K., Ng, M., & Wei, W. I. (2007). Medialization thyroplasty for cancer-related unilateral vocal fold paralysis. Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, 136(3), 440-444.
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  68. Liu, H., & Ng, M. (2007). Electrolarynx in voice rehabilitation. Auris Nasus Larynx, 34(3), 327-332.
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  69. Liu, H., Ng, M., Wan, M., Wang, S., & Zhang, Y. (2007). Effects of place of articulation and aspiration on voice onset time in Mandarin esophageal speech. Folia Phoniatrica et Logopaedica, 59(3), 147-154.
    doi: 10.1159/000101773

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