The Characteristics of Nasalance in Speakers with Spastic Cerebral Palsy according to the Types of Sentence used for Nasalance Test

비성도 검사 문형에 따른 경직형 뇌성마비 화자의 비성도 특성

  • 남현욱 (춘해보건대학 유아특수언어재활과) ;
  • 유재연 (대불대학교 언어치료청각학과)
  • Received : 2010.01.31
  • Accepted : 2010.03.18
  • Published : 20100300

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to compare the characteristics of nasalance in speakers with spastic cerebral palsy (CP) according to the types of sentence used for nasalance test. Twenty-eight speakers with spastic CP participated in this study. The experiment was conducted by analyzing nasalance of prolonged vowel utterance using the Sea sentence, the Zoo sentence, and the Mother sentence. The three sentences differ in the ratio of nasal consonants. The results show significant differences among the types of sentence for nasalance test.

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