What happens with hypernasality?

Hypernasality occurs when too much sound resonates (vibrates) in the nasal cavity (nose) during speech. This type of resonance makes the patient sound as if he or she is talking through the nose. When there is severe hypernasality, other abnormal speech characteristic can occur.

How do you stop hypernasality?

Techniques for therapy:

  1. Stimulability probe: Try to get the child to imitate oral resonance.
  2. Altering Tongue Position: Try for a lower, posterior tongue placement.
  3. Open Mouth: Have the child speak with his mouth more open.
  4. Change Volume: Try different volumes to see which has less nasality.

What are the main leading causes of velopharyngeal dysfunction?

The most common cause of VPI is a cleft palate, a birth defect in which there is an opening in the roof of the mouth because the palate didn’t form properly. Repair of the cleft palate may or may not also eliminate the VPI problem.

How do you check for Hyponasality?

Feel sides of nose for vibration that might accompany perceived hypernasality. Alternately pinch and then release the nose (sometimes referred to as the cul-de-sac test or nasal occlusion) while individual produces a speech segment—a change in resonance indicates hypernasality.

How do you test for Hyponasality?

What causes nasal sounding voice?

Nasal speech (hypernasality) and nasal air emission (air escaping down the nose when talking) happen when the back of the soft palate (roof of the mouth) does not fully close against the upper walls of the throat (pharynx) during speech, leaving the nasal cavity open.

What kind of disorder is hypernasality?

Hypernasal speech is a disorder that causes abnormal resonance in a human’s voice due to increased airflow through the nose during speech. It is caused by an open nasal cavity resulting from an incomplete closure of the soft palate and/or velopharyngeal sphincter.

What does Hyponasality sound like?

Hyponasal speech is the sound of speech that results from too little air escaping through the nose (sounds like talking with a stuffy nose). It would be hard to normally pronounce the letter “m” for example.

What causes the nasopharynx not to close properly?

Causes include a history of cleft palate, adenoidectomy, irregular adenoids, cervical spine anomalies, or oral/pharyngeal tumor removal. In contrast, “velopharyngeal incompetence” refers to a neurogenic cause of inadequate velopharyngeal closure.