Dr NG, Manwa Lawrence
Dr NG, Manwa Lawrence
吳民華
Associate Dean (Outreach and Engagement)Associate Professor
Academic Unit of Human Communication, Development, and Information Sciences
Qualification
M.A. (Connecticut), M.S. (Illinois State), PhD (Connecticut)
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Phone
(852) 3917 1582
Location
Room 759, Meng Wah Complex
Research Expertise
Communication Sciences and Disorders
Speech and Hearing Sciences
Prospective PhD/ EdD/ MPhil Applications
?I am available to supervise PhD/EdD/MPhil students and would welcome enquiries for supervision.
Links
Personal Homepage
HKU Scholars Hub
Areas of Expertise
Teaching Areas:
Laryngectomy, Speech Science, Speech Acoustics, Anatomy and Physiology of Speech and Hearing Mechanism, Research MethodologyResearch Interests:
Laryngectomy, Speech Instrumentation, Voice Disorders, Accent Identification, Quantification and Modification, Neuromodulation for Speech DeficitsAwards
Faculty Outstanding Teaching Award 2011-2012
Projects
Active Grants
2020/11/16 - 2021/11/15, Research Integrity Funding Scheme 2020/21, University of Hong Kong (.024113.10000.302.01) (PI). “Developing a Self-Learning Package on Research Integrity”, HKD$49,620.2020/07/01 - 2021/08/31. Education Faculty Research Fund, University of Hong Kong (.024113.10000.100.01) (PI). “Effect of Gender, Age and Bolus Viscosity on Acoustics of Normal Swallow”, HKD$46,230.
Publications
RefereedJournal Articles (since 2016)
Ng, M., & Tong, E. T.-S. (in submission). Impact of Expiratory Muscle Strength Training on speech function in Parkinson's disease - A randomized controlled trial.International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology.
Lui, H. Y., & Ng, M. L. (in submission). Rice congee as an alternative to thickened liquids for dysphagic patients.Nutrition and Healthy Ageing.
Zhu, S., Chong, S., Chen, Y., & Ng, L. (in submission). Effect of race and language on voice quality - A study of English and Mandarin produced by Mandarin-English and English-Mandarin bilingual speakers. InternationalJournal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism.
Ng, M., & Ki, A. (in re-submission). Acoustic characteristics associated with liquid swallowing sounds of different bolus consistencies. International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders.
Wong, L. Y., Ng, M., & Tong, E. T. S. (online). 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.
doi: 10.1159/
Hui, T. F., Cox, S. R., Huang, T., Chen, W.-R., & Ng, M. (online). The effect of clear speech on Cantonese alaryngeal speakers’ intelligibility. Folia Phoniatrica et Logopaedica.
doi: 10.1159/
Ng, M., & Woo, H. K. (online). Effect of total laryngectomy on vowel production - An acoustic study of vowels produced by alaryngeal speakers of Cantonese. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 1-10.
doi: 10.1080/**.2021.**
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
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
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.20107.007
Chan, H. F., Ng, M. L., Kim, H., & Kim, D. Y. (2020). Swallowing-related quality of life among oral-feeding Chinese patients of Parkinson’s Disease - A preliminary study using Chinese SWAL-QOL. Disability and Rehabilitation, 1-7.
doi: 1080/**.2020.**
Wang, Z., Yao, L., Ng, M. L., Chen, Y., & 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
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
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/**.2019.**
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/**.**
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/
Wong, M. N., Chan, Y., Ng, M., & Zhu, F. F. (2018). Effects of transcranial direct current stimulation over the Broca's area on tongue twister production. Internationa Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 1-7.
doi: 10.1080/**.2017.**
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, 44-49.
doi: 10.1159/
Ng, M. & Wong, B. Y. H. (2017). 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-S44.
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.1329.2017.05000
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/**X.2016.**
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/**X.2016.**
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/S**00195
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.**
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
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/**X.2016.**
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
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: 1007/s11265-015-1022-4
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
Book Chapters
吴民华（印制中）。声乐，在《艺术类损伤学》。北京，人民卫生出版社。Ng, M. (in press). SInging. In Traumatology of Dancing, Singing, and Music Playing. Beijing, China: People's Medical Publishing House Co. Ltd.
Zhang, H., Chen, F., Yan, N., Wang, L., Su, I. F., Ng, M. L. (2016). The interaction of semantic and orthographic processing during Chinese sinograms recognition: An ERP study. In M. Dong, J. Lin, X. Tang (eds.), Workshop on Chinese Lexical Semantics(pp. 717 - 727). Springer, Cham.
doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-49508-8_66
Chan, L. K., Bridges, S. M., Doherty, I., Ng, M., Jin, J., Sharma, N., Chan, N. K., & Lai, Y. Y. H. (2016). How do students use mobile devices in problem-based learning? In S. Bridges, L. K. Chan, & C. E. Hmelo-Silver (Eds.),Educational technologies in contextual learning: Research in health professions education(pp. 99-116). New York, NY: Springer.
doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-08275-2_6
Articles in Conference Proceedings (since 2016)
Lian, C., Wang, T., Gu, M., Ng, M. L., Zhu, F., Wang, L., & Yan, N. (2020). Does lexical retrieval deteriorate in patients with mild cognitive impairment? Analysis of brain functional network will tell. In Proceedings of the 21st Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association (Interspeech 2020), 111-115.doi: 10.21437/Interspeech.2020-2490Wang, T., Lian, C., Pan, J., Yan, Q., Zhu, F., Ng, M., Wang, L., & Yan, N. (2019, September). Towards the speech features of mild cognitive impairment: Universal evidence from structured and unstructured connected speech of Chinese. In Proceedings of the 20th Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association (Interspeech 2019), 3880-3884.
doi: 10.21437/Interspeech.2019-2414
Wang, T., Liu, H., Wang, L., Ng, M., Li, H., & Yan, N. (2018, November). Effect of temporal lobe epilepsy on auditory-motor integration for vocal pitch regulation: Evidence from brain functional network analysis. In Proceedings of the 2019 Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Biomedical Engineering Ranging from Wellness to Intensive Care Medicine (EMBC’19), 1282-1288.
doi: 10.1109/EMBC.2019.**
Leung, N., Tong, E., & Ng, M. (2018, October). Vowel characteristics associated with Parkinson’s disease in Cantonese. In Movement Disorders, 33, S756-S757, Hong Kong, China.
doi: 10.1002/mds.116
Tong, E. T. S. & Ng, M. (2018, October). Effects of expiratory muscle strength training and voice therapy on Parkinsonian speech. In Movement Disorders, 33(2), S179-S180, Hong Kong, China.
doi: 10.1002/mds.116
Chan, H. F. K., Kim, H., Ng, M., & Kim, D.-Y. (2018, October). Application of Chinese version of SWAL-QOL in Parkinson’s Disease. In Movement Disorders, 33(2), S482-S483, Hong Kong, China.
doi: 10.1002/mds.116
Ng, M., Xiong, M., & Yan, N. (2018). Production of Cantonese tones using an ingressive airflow. In Proceedings of the 2018 International Conference on Asian Language Processing (IALP 2018), Bandung, Indonesia.
Zhang, W., Gui, X., Wang, T., Ng, M., Yang, F., Wang, L., &Yan, N. (2018). Acoustic features associated with sustained vowel and continuous speech productions by Chinese children with functional articulation disorders. InProceedings of Interspeech 2018(pp. 1696-1700).
doi: 10.21437/Interspeech.2018-1521
Zhang, H., Yan, M., Wang, L., & Ng, M. (in print). Energy distribution analysis and nonlinear dynamical analysis of phonation in patients with Parkinson’s disease. In Proceedings of 2017 Asia-Pacific Signal and Information Processing Association Annual Summit and Conference (APSIPA ASC), pp. 630-635.
doi:10.1109/APSIPA.2017.**
Lai, W. W. S., & Ng, M. L. (2017). Perception-production link in English lexical stress acquisition among Hong Kong Cantonese learners of English. In Stem-, Spraak-en Taalpathologie, 22 (Suppl.): 59.
Chang, R. K., & Ng, M. (2017). Differences in speech motor control between bilingual and monolingual speakers - an acoustic study. In Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 141.5, 3819-3819.
doi: 10.1121/1.**
Tong, E. T. S., Ng, M., & Yan, N. (2016). Impact of Expiratory Muscle Strength Training (EMST) on phonatory performance in Parkinson’s patients. In Movement Disorders, 31(S2), S1-S697.
doi: 10.1002/mds.26688
Tong, E. T. S., Ng, M., & Yan, N. (2016). Dopaminergic medication effect on speech in Parkinson’s disease: A kinematic study. In Movement Disorders, 31(S2), S1-S697.
doi: 10.1002/mds.26688
Xie, S., Yan, N., Yu, P, Ng, M. L., Wang, L., & Ji, Z. (2016). Deep neural networks for voice quality assessment based on the GRBAS scale. In Proceedings of the Interspeech 2016 (pp. 2656-2660), San Francisco, USA.
doi: 10.21437/Interspeech.2016-986
Zhang, H., Chen, F., Yan, N., Wang, L., Shi, F., & Ng, M. L. (2016). The influence of language experience on categorical perception of vowels: Evidence from Mandarin and Korean. In Proceedings of the Interspeech 2016 (pp. 873-877), San Francisco, USA.
doi: 10.21437/Interspeech.2016-887
Tong, E. T. S., Ng, M., & Yan, N. (2016). The effect of expiratory muscle strength training in Cantonese speaking Parkinson’s disease patients: A pilot study. In Movement Disorders, 31(S1), S12-S100.
doi: 10.1002/mds.26576
Lai, W. W. S., & Ng, M. L. (2016). Different acoustic cues for emphasis in teaching English word stress to Hong Kong Cantonese ESL learners of different proficiencies. In Proceedings of 7th Tutorial and Research Workshop on Experimental Linguistics (ExLing2016) (pp. 91-94), St. Petersburgh, Russia: International Speech Communication Association.
Ng, M., Lam, K., & Chen, Y. (2016). Perception of whispered Cantonese tones. In Proceedings of the 12th Phonetic Conference of China (PCC2016)(pp. 746-750), Inner Mongolia, China.
Zhang, H., Yan, N., Chen, F., Wang, L., Su, I.-F., Ng, M. (2016). The interaction of semantic and orthographic processing during Chinese sonograms recognition: An ERP study. In Proceedings of the 17th Chinese Lexical Semantics Workshop (CLSW2016), Singapore.
Professional Community Services
(01/2018 - 12/2021) President of the Asia Pacific Society of Speech, Language, and Hearing
(01/2015 -12/2017) Vice President of the Asia Pacific Society of Speech, Language, and Hearing
(2016 - present) Associate Editor for the journal of Folia Phoniatrica et Logopaedica
(2011 - present) Council Member for the Asia Pacific Society of Speech, Language, and Hearing.
(2009 - present) Honorary Consultant of the New Voice Club of Hong Kong.
