The Influence of Breathing in Writing
Completed
- Conditions
- Mouth Breathing
- Registration Number
- NCT02437877
- Lead Sponsor
- University of Campinas, Brazil
- Brief Summary
Purpose: To examine whether nasal breathing influences the perception of sound causing trade between hard and soft consonants in the writing of children in school age and the incidence of trade.
- Detailed Description
To achieve the above goal explained, it was used:
Methods: The sample was consisted of 200 children, 100 previously diagnosed with oronasal breath (51 females and 49 males) who participated in the study group and 100 nasal breathers (54 females and 46 males) which were the control group. 36 words were dictated as minimal pairs to be written. Then a story was submitted in sequence of six figures from which the subjects produced a text.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 200
Inclusion Criteria
- Mouth Breather/Nasal Breather
- Literate
Exclusion Criteria
- Hearing trouble
- Speech trouble
Study & Design
- Study Type
- OBSERVATIONAL
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Comparison between production written and directed free nose breathers and mouth breathing children up to 8 weeks
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
University of Campinas
🇧🇷Campinas, SP, Brazil