Table 2.
Results grouped in different degrees of hypernasality.
| Measurement | degree of hypernasality | P | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal (n = 23) | Borderline (n = 35) | Marked (n = 27) | Severe (n = 10) | ||
| Nasalance of nS [%] | |||||
| Mean | 44.08 | 45.06 | 47.65 | 55.30 | 0.048* |
| SD | 4.63 | 6.12 | 5.66 | 5.42 | |
| Nasalance of nnS [%] | |||||
| Mean | 26.30 | 29.80 | 35.36 | 45.21 | 0.007** |
| SD | 2.93 | 3.49 | 5.21 | 4.25 | |
| Nasalance ratio | |||||
| Mean | 0.602 | 0.671 | 0.745 | 0.819 | 0.036* |
| SD | 0.081 | 0.139 | 0.142 | 0.085 | |
| Nasalance distance [%] | |||||
| Mean | 17.76 | 15.26 | 12.29 | 10.08 | 0.033* |
| SD | 4.85 | 5.94 | 5.04 | 3.43 | |
nS: nasal sentence; nnS: nonnasal sentence; mean: arithmetic mean; SD: standard deviation P: P value of ANOVA (differences between degrees of hypernasality)*: P < 0.05 **: P < 0.01.