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| Author(s): |
Flavia Ferlin
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Master's Dissertation |
| Press: | Bauru. |
| Institution: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Odontologia de Bauru (FOB/SDB) |
| Defense date: | 2014-06-27 |
| Examining board members: |
Ana Paula Fukushiro;
Kelly Cristina Alves Silverio;
Renata Paciello Yamashita
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| Advisor: | Ana Paula Fukushiro |
| Abstract | |
Objective: To verify speech nasality and nasalance between high and low intraoral pressure stimuli in repaired cleft lip and palate subjects. Material and Method: Forty-four subjects with repaired cleft palate±lip, both genders, aged 6 to 59 years were evaluated. Participants were submitted to nasometry and audio speech sample recording, simultaneously. Speech samples were composed of two sets of five sentences, one with predominance of high intraoral pressure consonants (HP) and another comprised exclusively of low intraoral pressure consonants (LP). Nasalance scores, expressed in percentage, were determined for both HP and LP samples. Three experienced examiners classified speech nasality in HP and LP samples according to a 4-point scale (1=absent hypernasality, 2=mild hypernasality, 3=moderate hypernasality, 4=severe hypernasality). Significance level between HP and LP nasalance scores was verified by paired t-test. For nasality rates, Wilcoxon test was used with a significance level of 5%. Intra and inter rater agreement was determined using the Kappa coefficient and their proportions for HP and LP samples were compared by Z-test. Additionally, the correlation between nasalance and nasality was verified by Spearman correlation coefficient. Results: Nasalance scores±SD obtained for HP and LP samples were 31±15% and 31±12%, respectively, with no significant difference (p=1.0). The inter rater agreement was higher for HP samples. The average rate nasality between both samples showed significant difference (p=0.05). HP samples presented strong correlation between nasalance scores and hypernasality and LP samples presented substantial correlation. Conclusion: The speech sample composed by high intraoral pressure consonants showed more effectiveness in identifying hypernasality as it provided greater agreement among examiners in perceptual analysis of nasality, presented strong correlation between the two methods used and allowed diagnosis of hypernasality in a larger number of individuals. (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 13/02391-7 - Influence of the high and low intraoral pressure consonants on the speech nasality and nasalance |
| Grantee: | Flávia Ferlin |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Master |