CORRELATION BETWEEN NASALANCE AND NASALITY IN CHILDREN WITH HYPERNASALITY Correlação entre nasalância e nasalidade em crianças com hipernasalidade

(1) Faculdade de Odontologia de Bauru; Hospital de Reabilitação de Anomalias Craniofaciais da Universidade de São Paulo – USP, Bauru, SP, Brasil. (2) Faculdade de Filosofia e Ciências da Universidade Estadual Paulista – UNESP, Marília, SP, Brasil. (3) Faculdade de Odontologia de Bauru, USP, Bauru, Brasil. This study was conducted at the Hospital for Rehabilitation of Craniofacial Anomalies, University of São Paulo, USP, Bauru, SP, Brazil. Conflict of interest: non-existent occurs due to the coupling of the oral and nasal cavities, while issuing the oral voiced sounds, due to the velopharyngeal dysfunction (VPD)1 which in turn, may occur after the primary correction of the cleft palate. A recent survey reported the presence VPD after primary palatoplasty in 24% of patients enrolled in a clinical type study2. In these patients, the communication between the oral and nasal cavities remained even after the completion of primary surgery for the correction of the lip and palate. Such surgeries aimed, beyond the closure of the cleft itself, to establish the correct function of the velopharyngeal mechanism for speech production. Traditionally, speech resonance is evaluated by a speech-language pathologist through the auditory perceptual assessment. Even though the literature „ INTRODUCTION