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Nasality evaluation of Turkish phonemes in vowel-consonant combinations
Elif Tugba Sarac1, Mavis Emel Kulak Kayikci, Soner Ozkan
1Hacettepe University, Faculty of Medicine Ear Nose Throat Department Audiology & Speech Pathology Unit, Sihhiye, Ankara, Turkey. tugbasarac2901@yahoo.com
Objectives:
The purpose of this study is to find average nasalance values of Turkish syllables with the nasometer.
Methods:
This study is done at Hacettepe University Department of Otolaryngology Audiology and Speech Pathology Unit with 50 participating children.
Results:
The normative nasalance values of Turkish phonemes are determined. It is found that nasalance scores of syllables that is combined with/i/phoneme is statistically have higher nasalance scores than/a/and/e/phonemes (p<0.05). There is no difference find statistically between age and nasalance value (p>0.05). Statistical difference between age and nasalance score is found in "iki, şe, eşe, işi, aç, eç, çi, içi, iç, al, yi, iy, iyi, yiy, ana, ne" syllables (p<0.05). These phonemes have positive relation with the age. There is no statistical difference between sex and nasalance scores (p<0.05). Statistical difference is only found in "tat- te- li- lil- aya" syllables (p<0.05). On these phonemes it is found that girls have higher nasalance score than boys.
Conclusion:
As a result, it is thought that gathered nasalance values of Turkish phonemes will be useful for resonance disorder diagnosis and follow ups on treatment.
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