Departamento de Fonoaudiología, Universidad de Chile - Santiago, Chile.
Fundación Gantz - Hospital del Niño con Fisura - Santiago, Chile.
Codas. 2022 Mar 25;34(6):e20210152. doi: 10.1590/2317-1782/20212021152. eCollection 2022.
The present study is aimed towards determining and comparing normative nasalance scores in Chilean Spanish-speaking adult men and women.
40 women (age range 18 to 35, X = 25.79, SD = 5.83) and 36 men (age range 18 to 35, X = 26.45, SD = 4.08) were invited to participate, all of them without any previous speech therapy, neurological pathologies, intellectual deficits, hearing loss, syndromes, or other diagnosed pathologies that could impact speech production.A study of proper velopharyngeal function was performed, using a perceptual resonance evaluation. Nasalance was determined using a model 6450 Nasometer, during the reading of three standardized speech samples in Spanish: a nasal passage (NP), an oronasal passage (ONP), and an oral passage (OP). Also, the nasalance distance was calculated. Genders were compared using Wilcoxon tests for independent samples.
The NP presented the highest percentage of nasalance, with 52.13% (± 4.73), followed by the ONP with 25.38% (± 3.7), and finally the OP, which presented the lowest value of 14.15% (± 5.03). Meanwhile, nasalance distance was 37.98% (± 5.32). Finally, no significant differences were observed when comparing the nasalance between genders (p >0.05).
The nasalance values obtained were similar to those observed for other Spanish speakers. Also, male and women showed similar scores. The results of this study are a contribution to the indirect assessment of velopharyngeal function in Chilean adults.
本研究旨在确定并比较智利西班牙语成年男女的正常鼻化率。
邀请 40 名女性（年龄 18-35 岁，X=25.79，SD=5.83）和 36 名男性（年龄 18-35 岁，X=26.45，SD=4.08）参与研究，所有参与者均无言语治疗史、神经病理学、智力缺陷、听力损失、综合征或其他可能影响言语产生的已诊断疾病。使用感知共鸣评估对适当的软腭功能进行了研究。使用型号 6450 Nasometer 进行了鼻音测量，在阅读三个西班牙语标准化语音样本时：鼻腔音（NP）、口鼻音（ONP）和口腔音（OP）。同时，计算了鼻音距离。使用 Wilcoxon 独立样本检验比较了性别。
NP 呈现出最高的鼻化率，为 52.13%（±4.73），其次是 ONP，为 25.38%（±3.7），最后是 OP，其值最低，为 14.15%（±5.03）。同时，鼻音距离为 37.98%（±5.32）。最后，性别之间的鼻音差异无统计学意义（p>0.05）。
所获得的鼻化率与其他西班牙语使用者相似。此外，男性和女性的得分相似。本研究的结果为间接评估智利成年人的软腭功能做出了贡献。
