Analysis of The Nasalance Score By Different Body Mass Index

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Objective: The aim of this study is to examine the relationship between nasometer measurement parameters, one of the acoustic evaluation batteries, and Body Mass Index (BMI).
Material and Method: 94 female participants with healthy voices between the ages of 18-25 were divided into 4 BMI groups, namely weak (n=20), normal (n=30), overweight (n=20) and obese (n=24). Measurements were made with the NASOMETER-II Model 6400, and oral and nasal texts were read to the participants during the evaluation and registration. Analyzed parameters are minimum, maximum and average nasalance score.
Results: Regardless of the BMI, all values measured by the nasometer when reading the nasal sentence are higher than the reading when reading the oral sentence (p<0.05). When reading the oral sentence, when the values measured by the nasometer were examined according to the BMI, the significant difference was only for the mean and maximum nasal score (p> 0.05). While the mean (14.23 ± 7.00), overweight (9.45 ± 6.32) for the average nasal score; normal (75.43 ± 23.08), overweight (46.85 ± 28.36) for maximum accident score. In the nasal sentence, none of the mean, minimum, and maximum nasal scores showed any significant difference compared to BMI (p> 0.05).
Conclusion: As a result of the measurement, no significant difference was found in the nasometer values of the weak and obese group, which are two extreme values of BMI, during oral and nasal sentences. The reason for this is thought to be a physiological compensation mechanism that will inhibit the change in nasalance scores in the extreme BMI groups.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Body mass index
• Nasal disorders
• Voice
• Voice quality

FARKLI VÜCUT KÜTLE İNDEKSİNE SAHİP BİREYLERİN NAZALANS SKORLARININ İNCELENMESİ

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Amaç: Bu çalışmanın amacı akustik değerlendirme bataryalarından biri olan nazometre ölçüm parametreleriyle, Vücut Kütle İndeksi (VKİ) arasındaki ilişkinin incelenmesidir.
Gereç ve Yöntem: 18-25 yaş arası sağlıklı sese sahip 94 kadın katılımcı, zayıf (n=20), normal (n=30), fazla kilolu (n=20) ve obez (n=24) olmak üzere 4 VKİ grubuna ayrılmıştır. Ölçümler NASOMETER-II Model 6400 ile gerçekleştirilmiş olup değerlendirme ve kayıt sırasında katılımcılara oral ve nazal metinler okutulmuştur. İncelenen parametreler ise sırasıyla; minimum, maksimum ve ortalama nazalans skordur.
Bulgular: VKİ fark etmeksizin nazal cümledeki nazalans skorları, oral cümledekinden daha yüksektir (p<0,05). Oral cümle okunurken nazometre ile ölçülen değerler VKİ’ne göre incelendiğinde, anlamlı fark sadece ortalama ve maksimum nazalans skor parametrelerindeki normal ve fazla kilolu bireyler arasında mevcuttur (p<0,05). Gruplara göre ortalama nazalans skor parametresine ait ortalama değerler sırasıyla normal (14,23±7,00) ve fazla kilolu (9,45±6,32) iken; maksimum nazalans skor parametresi için ise için normal (75,43±23,08) ve fazla kilolu (46,85±28,36) şeklindedir. Nazal cümlede ise ortalama, minimum ve maksimum nazalans skor parametrelerinin hiçbiri VKİ’ye göre anlamlı farklılık göstermemiştir (p>0,05).
Sonuç: Ölçüm sonucunda VKİ’nin iki uç değeri olan zayıf ve obez grubun, oral ve nazal cümleler sırasında nazometre değerlerinde anlamlı bir farklılık bulunamamıştır. Bunun nedeni olarak ise uç VKİ gruplarında nazalans skorlarındaki değişimi inhibe edecek bir fizyolojik kompansasyon mekanizmasının olduğu düşünülmektedir.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Beden Kitle İndeksi
• Nazal bozukluklar
• Ses;
• Ses Özelliği

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