Jiang Chenghui, Whitehill Tara L, McPherson Bradley, Ng Manwa L
Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, Nanjing Medical University; Affiliated Hospital of Stomatology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China; Division of Speech and Hearing Sciences, Faculty of Education, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
Division of Speech and Hearing Sciences, Faculty of Education, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol. 2015 Dec;79(12):2270-6. doi: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2015.10.022. Epub 2015 Oct 30.
To compare the consonant production of Chinese-speaking cleft palate children with perceived hypernasal resonance (PHR) after palatoplasty and those with perceived normal resonance (PNR), and to assess the possible influence of language on articulation.
Two hospital cleft lip and palate centers in mainland China.
Thirty-one speakers were allocated into two groups based on perceptual judgment results of their resonance provided by three speech therapists: one group with PNR (n=20, average age=9.3 years), and another group with PHR (n=11, average age=8.3 years). All participants had no known hearing or cognitive deficits.
Articulation was evaluated using two Mandarin Chinese assessment tools, the Putonghua Segmental Phonology Test and the Deep Test for Cleft Palate Speakers in Putonghua. Speaker consonant accuracy was evaluated by two experienced speech therapists.
Compared to individuals with PNR, the PHR group exhibited more difficulties on production of unaspirated consonants, including/b/,/t/,/k/,/ts/,/tʂ/ and/tɕ/, than for aspirated consonants.
The distinctive feature of aspiration in Mandarin phonology brought a language specific pattern to consonant production among those speakers with PHR after primary palatal closure.
比较腭裂修复术后存在感知性鼻音过重（PHR）的华语腭裂儿童与感知性共鸣正常（PNR）的儿童的辅音发音情况，并评估语言对发音的可能影响。
中国大陆的两家医院唇腭裂治疗中心。
根据三名言语治疗师对其共鸣的感知判断结果，将31名受试者分为两组：一组为PNR组（n = 20，平均年龄 = 9.3岁），另一组为PHR组（n = 11，平均年龄 = 8.3岁）。所有参与者均无已知听力或认知缺陷。
使用两种汉语评估工具，即普通话音段音位测试和腭裂患者普通话深度测试，对发音进行评估。由两名经验丰富的言语治疗师评估受试者的辅音准确性。
与PNR组个体相比，PHR组在不送气辅音（包括/b/、/t/、/k/、/ts/、/tʂ/和/tɕ/）的发音上比送气辅音表现出更多困难。
普通话音系中送气这一独特特征，为初次腭裂修复术后存在PHR的受试者的辅音发音带来了特定语言模式。
