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Our study group was made up of 20 patients\u201415 males and 5 females, aged 16 to 57 years (mean: 37.3 \u00b1 11.5)\u2014who had undergone UPPP as a treatment for mild to moderate obstructive sleep apnea. Nasometry was used to obtain nasalance scores in all patients on the morning of the operation (day 1) and subsequently on day 4 or 5 (mean: 4.5 \u00b1 0.5). Preoperatively, nasalance scores were highest for \/i\/ (mean: 29.8 \u00b1 12.6) and \/a\/ (mean: 24.1 \u00b1 10.3). After the operation, nasalance scores for all five studied vowels increased; they were highest for \/i\/ (mean: 40.7 \u00b1 +17.8) and \/\u03b5\/ (mean: 30.0 \u00b1 10.8). The increases in the nasalance of \/i\/, \/\u03b5\/, and \/u\/ were statistically significant (p &lt; 0.05). 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