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Susumu Mukai, Sayoko Nagasugi, Yoshie Higashino1997 Volume 38 Issue 1 Pages 1-10
Published: January 20, 1997
Released on J-STAGE: June 22, 2010
JOURNAL FREE ACCESSAfter correction of Ankyloglossia with Deviation of the Epiglottis and Larynx (ADEL), colic babies no longer cry violently and their crying sounds change also.
We compared pre-and post-operative crying of six babies using both subjective evaluation and objective sound analysis.
To measure subjective evaluation, we employed multi-dimensional scaling (MD) . Items used were [Irritable-Calm], [Weak-Strong], [UnclearClear], [Painful-Easy] and [Feeble-Loud] . For objective evaluation we used narrow band spectrogram (NBS), fundamental frequency (FF) and sound wave (SW), by Mac Speech Lab II.
All cries moved from Irritable, Weak, Unclear, Painful and Feeble before operations to Calm, Strong, Clear, Easy and Loud after operations. NBS formed clearer and more constant harmonic configurations after operations. FF was unstable pre-operation but lower and stable after operations. SW was maximum at the start of crying before the operations. Maximum SW was observed from 0. 2 to 0.4 seconds after the start of postoperative crying.
We concluded that our impression of [Painful-Easy] depended on a constant harmonic configuration, on stability of FF and on the shape of SW. [Weak-Strong] depended on the energy of NBS. [Unclear-Clear] depended on balance of harmonics. [Irritable-Calm] relied on homogeneity of the harmonic configuration and on stability of FF. Neither spectrogram nor SW was capable of revealing the psychological impression for [Feeble-Loud] .View full abstractDownload PDF (9699K) -
—Articulation Treatment of /s/ Sound with Oral Myofunctional Therapy—Yumiko Endo, Noriko Suzuki, Yukari Yamashita, Satoko Imai, Chiharu Mat ...1997 Volume 38 Issue 1 Pages 11-19
Published: January 20, 1997
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JOURNAL FREE ACCESSOur clinical experience with articulation treatment by oral myofunctional therapy (MFT) for palatalized misarticulation with severe tongue thrust is described.
The patient was a 10-year-old boy who had palatalized misarticulation with abnormal tongue movements that elevated the posterior portion of the tongue. He also had severe tongue thrust during resting and swallowing.
Visual articulation treatment with electropalatography (Michi et al., 1993) was performed. In addition to basic training, four types to MFT tongue movement exercises were used. The therapeutic process was assessed according to progression of the treatment level. At the start of treatment the patient exhibited abnormal tongue movement. However, after his tongue muscles had been strengthened by tongue movement exercises and the proper resting position of the tongue had been acquired, he quickly learned to pronounce the/s/ sound correctly.
These results suggest that articulation treatment with MFT is effective for palatalized misarticulation with severe tongue thrust.View full abstractDownload PDF (10316K) -
—Comparison Study with Patients with Cleft Palate and Normal Subjects—Setsuko Imatomi, Akiko Kawahara, Fukuko Shusse, Keiko Okazaki, Masako ...1997 Volume 38 Issue 1 Pages 20-28
Published: January 20, 1997
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JOURNAL FREE ACCESSWe conducted velopharyngeal fiberscopic examinations of 10 patients with dysarthria, 20 with cleft palate, and 20 normal subjects in order to evaluate the velopharyngeal function of patients with dysarthria. All subjects were examined with respect to type and degree of closure for the phonemes /a/, /i/, /pu/, and /∫i/, and results were compared with those of auditory assessment by speech therapists. The findings were as follows.
The patients with dysarthria and the normal subjects both fell into two types, whereas the patients with cleft palate showed four types. The type of the closure in patients with dysarthria was more similar to that of the normals than that of the cleft palates. When there were differences in degree of closure for phonemes, the consonants/pu/and /∫i/ were better closed than the vowels /i/ and /a/, in both the dysarthric and the cleft palate patients. The degree of closure for vowels in the dysarthric patients varied more distributively than in the cleft palate patients. However, the degree of closure for consonants in the dysarthric patients varied less than in the cleft palate patients, who hardly exhibited any differences for/pu/ and /Si/. Overall differences in degree of closure for phonemes were observed in the dysarthric patients than in the cleft palate patients. A pharyngeal flap operation was performed on one younger patient with fair movement of the soft palate and lateral velopharyngeal wall as comfirmed by fiberscope, and good results were obtained.View full abstractDownload PDF (2199K) -
1997 Volume 38 Issue 1 Pages 34-84
Published: January 20, 1997
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1997 Volume 38 Issue 1 Pages 85-141
Published: January 20, 1997
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