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Objective

The aim of this study was to obtain normative nasalance scores for adult and children subjects speaking Turkish language and obtain a reference for normality when nasality is evaluated.

Methods

Mean nasalance scores were obtained from 35 normal-speaking children aged 7 to 13 years, and 125 adults aged 18 to 69 years during the repetition of 3 nasalance passages that were categorized according to the amount of nasal consonants (oral, oronasal, and nasal passages). The Nasometer (model 6400) was used to obtain nasalance scores for the 3 reading passages.

Results

Group mean±SD nasalance scores of children for oral passage, oronasal passage, and nasal passage were 15.14±4.81, 37.76±4.42, and 49.23±6.95, respectively. Nasalance scores for the adult group were 13.46±6.26, 37.84±6.13, and 50.28±7.77, respectively. There were significant differences in mean nasalance scores for oral …