title: The relationship between nasalance and nasality in children with cleft palate.
abstract: This study correlated measures of nasalance computed by the Nasometer with listener judgments of nasality. The subjects were 25 children with craniofacial disorders who spoke three passages, each containing a different proportion of nasal consonants. The results showed a significant but modest correlation between nasalance and nasality when nasal consonants (/m, n, eta/) were not included in the speech passage. When nasal consonants were included in the passage nasalance was unrelated to judgments of hypernasality.
authors.affiliation: University of Nevada, Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology, Reno 89557.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Watterson
authors.forename: S C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: McFarlane
authors.forename: D S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Wright
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002972:Cleft Palate / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D010700:Phonetics; D013062:Speech Articulation Tests; D013067:Speech Perception; D013068:Speech Production Measurement; D014705:Verbal Behavior; D014832:Voice Disorders / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology*