title: Nasalance values for syllables produced by Brazilian Portuguese speakers.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study aimed to determine nasalance values for syllables produced by Brazilian Portuguese speakers of different ages and gender.
  
  
  METHODS
  Nasalance scores were collected for 14 syllables (10 orals and 4 nasals) using Nasometer II 6400. The participants were 245 Brazilian Portuguese speakers (121 males and 124 females), both genders, divided into four age groups: 57 children, 61 adolescents, 65 young adults and 62 adults.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Nasalance scores for nasal syllables were higher than for oral syllables. For both, oral and nasal syllables, nasalance scores were higher for vowel /i/ than for /a/. Across all syllables, the females' nasalance scores were higher than males, with most of this difference attributed to the oldest age group where females mean nasalance was three points higher than males.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Values obtained demonstrated nasalance scores variation according to gender, particularly for the adult group and for the syllables tested.
authors.affiliation: Universidade Estadual Paulista - UNESP - Marília (SP), Brasil.
authors.forename: Viviane Cristina de Castro
authors.initials: VC
authors.lastname: Marino
authors.affiliation: Universidade Estadual Paulista - UNESP - Marília (SP), Brasil.
authors.forename: Vanessa Moraes
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Cardoso
authors.affiliation: Universidade Estadual Paulista - UNESP - Marília (SP), Brasil.
authors.forename: Renata Giorgetto
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Ramos
authors.affiliation: Universidade de São Paulo - USP - Bauru (SP), Brasil.|Hospital de Reabilitação de Anomalias Craniofaciais - Bauru (SP), Brasil.
authors.forename: Jeniffer de Cássia Rillo
authors.initials: Jde C
authors.lastname: Dutka
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D001938:Brazil; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009666:Nose; D012016:Reference Values; D012737:Sex Factors; D013060:Speech / Q000502:physiology*; D013061:Speech Acoustics; D013068:Speech Production Measurement; D055815:Young Adult