title: Relative values of various standardized passages in the nasometric assessment of patients with velopharyngeal impairment.
abstract: A series of 155 patients referred for evaluation at the UNC Craniofacial Center was studied to compare nasometric performance data obtained from the Rainbow Passage to information provided when subjects read two other standardized passages (Zoo Passage and Nasal Sentences). Nasometric findings obtained using the three reading passages were compared to aerodynamic estimates of velopharyngeal area and nasal cross-sectional area as well as clinical judgments of hypernasality and hyponasality. The results suggest that the Rainbow Passage does not provide clinically relevant information that cannot be obtained using the other speech samples studied.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 27599-7450.
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Dalston
authors.forename: E J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Seaver
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009666:Nose / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D010160:Palate, Soft / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D010366:Peak Expiratory Flow Rate; D010614:Pharynx / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D011312:Pressure; D012123:Pulmonary Ventilation / Q000502:physiology; D012016:Reference Values; D012044:Regression Analysis; D013061:Speech Acoustics; D013062:Speech Articulation Tests / Q000379:methods*; D014681:Velopharyngeal Insufficiency / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D014832:Voice Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology