Comparison of Nasalance in Spanish-Speaking Bilinguals and English-Speaking Monolinguals Living in Eastern North Carolina: A Preliminary Investigation

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dc.contributor.advisorPerry, Jamie L
dc.contributor.authorBroadwell, Katie
dc.contributor.departmentCommunication Sciences and Disorders
dc.date.accessioned2016-05-25T19:31:58Z
dc.date.available2016-05-25T19:31:58Z
dc.date.created2016-05
dc.date.issued2016-04-14
dc.date.submittedMay 2016
dc.date.updated2016-05-25T18:24:12Z
dc.degree.departmentCommunication Sciences and Disorders
dc.degree.disciplineMS-Communic Sci and Disorders
dc.degree.grantorEast Carolina University
dc.degree.levelMasters
dc.degree.nameM.S.
dc.description.abstractThe purpose of this study was to obtain preliminary nasalance (percentage of air resonated in the nasal cavity) data for typically developing, Spanish-speaking bilinguals living in NC. A secondary aim was to determine whether there was a statistically significant difference in nasalance between Spanish-English bilingual children and English monolingual children. Sixteen healthy children (8 monolingual English-speaking, 8 Spanish-English bilingual) with normal anatomy between 5 and 6 years of age at the time of the experiment completed the experiment. Between-group comparisons of the mean nasalance values were conducted using a paired samples t test. Independent samples t tests were used to compare bilingual participants' productions of the English and Spanish stimuli. A statistically significant difference was found in overall mean nasalance values between monolingual and bilingual groups. However, when analyses were separated by stimulus type, only the single-word productions of Spanish stimuli differed significantly between groups. The data from this study provide preliminary nasalance values for a population of Spanish-English bilingual children with normal anatomy.
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10342/5316
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherEast Carolina University
dc.subjectbilingual
dc.subjectcleft palate
dc.subjectnasalance
dc.subjectresonance
dc.subject.meshNasal Cavity
dc.subject.meshParanasal Sinuses
dc.subject.meshHumans
dc.subject.meshHispanic Americans
dc.subject.meshLanguage
dc.subject.meshMultilingualism
dc.subject.meshNorth Carolina
dc.titleComparison of Nasalance in Spanish-Speaking Bilinguals and English-Speaking Monolinguals Living in Eastern North Carolina: A Preliminary Investigation
dc.typeMaster's Thesis
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