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Journal of Speech and Hearing Research Vol.34 715-721 August 1991.
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A Study of Nasometric Values for Normal Nasal Resonance

Earl J. Seaver 1
Roger M. Dalston 2
Herbert A. Leeper 3

Larry E. Adams 4
1 Department of Communicative Disorders Northern Illinois University
2 Oral-Facial and Communicative Disorders Program Department of Surgery, Dental Ecology and Research Center, School of Medicine University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
3 Department of Communicative Disorders University of Western Ontario
4 Department of Biocommunication School of Medicine and Dentistry University of Alabama at Birmingham

It was the purpose of this study to obtain nasalance values for a large number of normal adult subjects speaking a variety of dialects of English. The Nasometer was used to measure the amount of nasal acoustic energy in the speech of 148 normal adults from four geographical regions of North America. Means and standard deviations for the nasalance and deviation scores are presented for each of three different reading passages. The Mid-Atlantic speakers were found to have significantly higher nasalance scores on all three reading passages. In addition, the female subjects had significantly higher nasalance scores on the Nasal Sentences. These differences are discussed with regard to potential reasons for their existence implications for understanding velopharyngeal function in normal and abnormal speakers.

KEY WORDS: nasometry, normal nasal resonance

Submitted on March 29, 1990
Accepted on September 23, 1990


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