Acquisition of consonant clusters and remediation of cluster reduction in Egyptian children

The Egyptian Journal of Otolaryngology

Table 4 Analysis of different types of consonant cluster reduction words across the studied groups

		Group A	Group B	Group C	P value
I. Clusters of obstruents + sonorants
A- Stops + sonorants	Affected %	25.47	23.85	53.85	0.07
A- Stops + sonorants	Total %	4.84	1.24	0.28	< 0.001*
B- Fricatives + sonorants	Affected %	15.58	25.38	46.15	0.002*
B- Fricatives + sonorants	Total %	2.96	1.32	0.24	< 0.001*
II. Clusters of obstruents
A-Stops + fricatives	Affected %	6.94	2.3	0	0.07
A-Stops + fricatives	Total %	1.32	0.12	0	< 0.001*
B-Fricatives + stops	Affected %	2.1	1.5	0	0.8
B-Fricatives + stops	Total %	0.4	0.08	0	0.003*
C-Stops + stops	Affected %	1.89	3.1	0	0.6
C-Stops + stops	Total %	0.36	0.16	0	0.02*
III. Clusters of sonorants + obstruents
A- Sonorants + stops	Affected %	26.95	23.08	0	0.1
A- Sonorants + stops	Total %	5.12	1.2	0	< 0.001*
B- Sonorants + fricatives	Affected %	10.95	10	0	0.6
B- Sonorants + fricatives	Total %	2.08	0.52	0	< 0.001*
IV-Clusters of sonorants
A-Liquid + nasal	Affected %	5.89	6.15	0	0.9
A-Liquid + nasal	Total %	0.24	0.32	0	< 0.001*
B-Nasal + liquid	Affected %	4.21	4.62	0	0.7
B-Nasal + liquid	Total %	0.8	0.24	0	< 0.001*