02185caa a2200217 4500 210629s9999 xx 000 0 und d 2348-1226 Deepthi, K.J. The Effect of Vowels on the Nasalance Values in Kannada Speaking Preschoolers with Repaired Cleft of Lip and Palate 2018 Professor in Speech Pathology, Department of Speech-Language Pathology, All India Institute of Speech and Hearing, Mysore, Karnataka, India Research Fellow, Department of Speech-Language Pathology, All India Institute of Speech and Hearing, Mysore, Karnataka, India 383-388 Volume 6 Issue 3 Nasalance value has been reported to be influenced by age, gender, stimulus type and the language spoken by the individual. Hencethe current study was aimed at investigating the nasalance value of 3 to 5 year old native Kannada speaking children with repaired cleft of lip and palate (RCLP) and to compares it withtypically developing children (TDC). Twenty children with RCLP were considered for the study who were equally grouped into 3–4 year and 4-5 year old group. Further equal number of age and gender matched TDC children were considered as the control group. Nasalance value for the prolonged phonation of vowels /a/ /i/ and /u/ was collected from each child using Nasometer 6450. The data thus obtained was subjected to appropriate statistical analysis. The nasalence value was compared with in and across groups.The results revealed that vowel /i/ had the highest nasalance value followed by /u/ and /a/ in children with RCLP. However, in the TDC group vowel /i/ had the highest nasalance but naslance of /a/ and /u/ was not statistically significant. The reasons for the same are discussed Kannada Language, nasalance value, vowels Pushpavathi, M. International Journal of Interdisciplinary Research and Innovations https://researchpublish.com//upload/book/EFFECTIVENESS%20OF%20HEALTH-6382.pdf FJAS FJAS 17888 17888