The nasal resonance acoustics of school-age children with spastic cerebral palsy
10.3760/cma.j.issn.0254-1424.2013.11.003
- VernacularTitle:学龄痉挛型脑瘫儿童与正常儿童鼻腔共鸣声学特点的比较研究
- Author:
Qin WAN
;
Xiaohui GAO
;
Qing ZHANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Children;
Spasticity;
Cerebral palsy;
Nasal resonance;
Hypernasality
- From:
Chinese Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
2013;35(11):843-846
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To characterize the nasal resonance of children with spastic cerebral palsy by comparing it with that of ordinary school-age children.Methods The mean nasalance scores (MNSs) of 90 normal school-age children and 62 school-age children with spastic cerebral palsy were measured and compared.Results (1) Age has significant effects on the MNS of/a/,/i/and/m/ in ordinary children,but has almost no effect on the MNS of/u/.The MNS of/a/,/i/,/u/ and/m/ in children with spastic cerebral palsy does not change with age.(2) Sex only has a significant relationship with the MNS of/i/ in ordinary children,but does not significantly predict the other MNSs.(3) The MNS of/a/ of children with spastic cerebral palsy is significantly lower than that of ordinary children,and their MNS of/i/ and /u/ is significantly greater than those of ordinary children.Conclusions The MNS of /a/,/i/and /u/first increases and then decreases with age in ordinary children,while the MNS of/m/ increases gradually.Children with spastic cerebral palsy did not show the same trends and demonstrated a state of retardation of nasal resonance.Children with spastic cerebral palsy are more likely to display hypernasality than ordinary children.
