Barbier H, Redouloux L, Chapuis-Vandenbogaerde C, Picard A, Amelot A, Fougeron C, Sanquer E, Kadlub N
Service de Chirurgie Maxillofaciale et Chirurgie Plastique, Hôpital Necker Enfants malades, Paris 75015, France; CRMR MAFACE, Hôpital Necker Enfants Malades, Paris 75015, France.
Service de Chirurgie Maxillofaciale et Chirurgie Plastique, Hôpital Necker Enfants malades, Paris 75015, France; CRMR MAFACE, Hôpital Necker Enfants Malades, Paris 75015, France; Université Paris Cité, Paris, France.
J Stomatol Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2025 Jun;126(3):102089. doi: 10.1016/j.jormas.2024.102089. Epub 2024 Sep 21.
The objectives of this study are to establish normative nasalance values in European French for children aged 8-10 years, to study the factors likely to influence nasalance values, and to ensure that the nasometer allows the differentiation of control subjects from subjects with velopharyngeal insufficiency.
Nasal balance scores were calculated using the Nasometer II 6450 (KayPENTAX) for 50 control subjects producing 31 verbal stimuli specifically designed for the French language. Nasalance scores were analyzed and compared with 7 subjects with velopharyngeal insufficiency.
This study provided nasalance norms for each verbal stimulus. The phonetic content of the stimuli (nasality, vowel height, voicing) was a major factor influencing the nasalance score. However, the characteristics of the speaker (gender and age) had a non-significant effect, with the major exception of the presence or absence of velopharyngeal insufficiency.
This study confirmed the need to use established normative values in the patient's language and for each verbal stimulus. Although the effect of vowel height on the nasalance score has been demonstrated, this study is the first to show an effect of voicing. Once normative nasalance scores are established, a validation study with a larger pathological population will be necessary. This study establishes normative nasalance scores in European French in children.
本研究的目的是建立欧洲法语区8至10岁儿童的鼻音计标准值，研究可能影响鼻音计值的因素，并确保鼻音计能够区分正常受试者和腭咽功能不全受试者。
使用Nasometer II 6450（KayPENTAX）对50名正常受试者计算鼻音平衡分数，这些受试者产生31个专门为法语设计的言语刺激。对鼻音计分数进行分析，并与7名腭咽功能不全受试者进行比较。
本研究提供了每个言语刺激的鼻音计标准值。刺激的语音内容（鼻音、元音高度、浊音）是影响鼻音计分数的主要因素。然而，说话者的特征（性别和年龄）影响不显著，但腭咽功能不全的有无除外。
本研究证实了在患者语言中针对每个言语刺激使用既定标准值的必要性。虽然已经证明元音高度对鼻音计分数有影响，但本研究首次表明浊音也有影响。一旦建立了鼻音计标准分数，有必要对更大的病理群体进行验证研究。本研究建立了欧洲法语区儿童的鼻音计标准分数。
