1995 Volume 36 Issue 4 Pages 420-432
During the last 30 years since the Japan Society of Logopedics and Phoniatrics was established in 1965, Japan has made a great progress both in economy and natural sciences, especially in high technology, which has brought a tremendous influence upon the development of the Japan Society of Logopedics and Phoniatrics.
The progress of the Japan Society has been supported in part by the activities of its special committees, such as the committee for evaluation of vocal function, and of speech disorders. The reports from these committees contributed to the standardization of the met-hods of clinical examinations.
Many important academic products have also, been reported by the members of the Japan Society. For example, several research works on the physiology of the larynx obtained Gould Awards or Garcia Prizes.
In this paper, the activities of the Japan Society during the last 30 years were reviewed and the achievement in both research and clinical aspects was discussed.
