STUDY ON THE ARTICULATION TEST IN PRONUNCIATION IN SPEECH DISORDERS
1958; Japanese Society of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and neck surgery; Volume: 61; Issue: 11 Linguagem: Inglês
10.3950/jibiinkoka.61.1922
ISSN1883-0854
Autores Tópico(s)Medical Research and Treatments
ResumoIn order to estimate the grade of speech disorders more objectively and quantitatively, the pronunciation test by means articulation scores were undertaken. According to the test method, degree of speech disorders was expressed quantitatively (%) by the number of syllables which were pronunced correctly.From the study of 123 cases of speech disorders including stammering, otogenic stammering, nasal speech, cleft palate, cancer of the maxilla on which total resection had been done, cancer of the vocal cords, substitute voice and stammering due to disease of the nervous system, following results were obtained.1) According to the test, speech disorders were divided into three groups according to the severity, the mild group (71_??_96% correct articulation in pronunciation), the moderate group (36_??_70%), and the severe group (0_??_35%).2) The correct articulation in pronunciation in various kind of speech disorders were examined and found as follows:-3) Progress of healing, therapeutic effect of operation or other treatment in above mentioned cases were presumed from comparison of the test results obtained at any intervals. Moreover, from observation of the disturbed syllables of pronunciation it was possible to find the location of lesion in articulation.4) From observation by means of the test, author advocated a new concepts of "Upsilotisanus", "Epsilotismus" and "Nuzismus".
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