Nasalance scores for normal-speaking Turkish population
Journal of Craniofacial Surgery, cilt.24, sa.2, ss.520-522, 2013 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Özet
- Cilt numarası: 24 Sayı: 2
- Basım Tarihi: 2013
- Doi Numarası: 10.1097/scs.0b013e3182802361
- Dergi Adı: Journal of Craniofacial Surgery
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.520-522
- Anahtar Kelimeler: Nasalance, normal-speaking, Turkish
- Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
Objective: The aim of this study was to obtain normative nasalance scores for adult and children subjects speaking Turkish language and obtain a reference for normality when nasality is evaluated. Methods: Mean nasalance scores were obtained from 35 normal-speaking children aged 7 to 13 years, and 125 adults aged 18 to 69 years during the repetition of 3 nasalance passages that were categorized according to the amount of nasal consonants (oral, oronasal, and nasal passages). The Nasometer (model 6400) was used to obtain nasalance scores for the 3 reading passages. Results: Group mean ± SD nasalance scores of children for oral passage, oronasal passage, and nasal passage were 15.14 ± 4.81, 37.76 ± 4.42, and 49.23 ± 6.95, respectively. Nasalance scores for the adult group were 13.46 ± 6.26, 37.84 ± 6.13, and 50.28 ± 7.77, respectively. There were significant differences in mean nasalance scores for oral versus nasal materials both for children and adult groups. Conclusions: The present study provides normative nasalance scores for Turkish-speaking children and adults. The results indicated acceptable differentiation between oral and nasal materials. Copyright © 2013 by Mutaz B. Habal, MD.