Table 3.
Descriptive statistical measures and comparison of nasal airflow (ml/sec) values across groups
| Task | Stimuli | Condition | Group Aa | Group Bb | Z | P-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median | IQR | Median | IQR | |||||
| I (Vowels) | /a/ | Low | 27.30 | 93.30 | 17.90 | 42.02 | − 1.467 | 0.142 |
| Mid | 31.80 | 74.55 | 34.20 | 55.95 | − 0.237 | 0.812 | ||
| High | 47.30 | 149.80 | 43.10 | 64.05 | − 0.014 | 0.989 | ||
| /i/ | Low | 27.70 | 154.86 | 19.80 | 50.86 | − 0.894 | 0.371 | |
| Mid | 60.30 | 238.70 | 33.20 | 66.90 | − 1.076 | 0.282 | ||
| High | 44.80 | 259.20 | 55.90 | 99.65 | − 0.433 | 0.665 | ||
| /u/ | Low | 20.10 | 38.58 | 10.20 | 13.35 | − 0.852 | 0.394 | |
| Mid | 7.82 | 10.97 | 11.20 | 20.07 | − 0.321 | 0.748 | ||
| High | 34.80 | 139.21 | 14.20 | 46.82 | − 0.740 | 0.459 | ||
| II (Oral Non-words) | /pava/ | Low | 17.00 | 76.42 | 10.80 | 15.14 | − 1.523 | 0.128 |
| Mid | 34.10 | 96.41 | 19.50 | 23.92 | − 1.383 | 0.167 | ||
| High | 73.60 | 173.53 | 31.30 | 45.42 | − 1.020 | 0.308 | ||
| /piva/ | Low | 13.20 | 103.09 | 24.50 | 45.48 | − 0.265 | 0.791 | |
| Mid | 12.30 | 163.11 | 16.70 | 59.76 | − 0.265 | 0.791 | ||
| High | 23.30 | 86.87 | 38.80 | 76.17 | − 0.545 | 0.586 | ||
| /puva/ | Low | 6.64 | 31.64 | 7.83 | 14.13 | − 0.629 | 0.530 | |
| Mid | 8.61 | 11.97 | 12.60 | 26.29 | − 1.131 | 0.258 | ||
| High | 14.00 | 31.44 | 13.30 | 27.05 | − 0.349 | 0.727 | ||
| II (Nasal Non-words) | /mava/ | Low | 117.00 | 224.20 | 93.20 | 95.10 | − 1.020 | 0.308 |
| Mid | 90.20 | 125.00 | 121.40 | 163.34 | − 0.489 | 0.625 | ||
| High | 114.00 | 282.60 | 147.00 | 147.74 | − 0.377 | 0.706 | ||
| /miva/ | Low | 180.00 | 239.00 | 140.00 | 133.50 | − 1.299 | 0.194 | |
| Mid | 235.00 | 132.00 | 176.00 | 138.63 | − 1.662 | 0.096 | ||
| High | 163.00 | 232.70 | 184.00 | 170.70 | − 0.168 | 0.867 | ||
| /muva/ | Low | 194.00 | 126.00 | 96.40 | 111.20 | − 3.031 | 0.002* | |
| Mid | 129.00 | 134.00 | 119.00 | 156.48 | − 0.279 | 0.780 | ||
| High | 60.50 | 130.70 | 107.00 | 206.70 | − 0.545 | 0.586 | ||
aSingers; bNon-Singers, *significant at P < 0.05