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R A Culatta

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PubMed1985

Oral structural and neuromuscular characteristics in children with normal and disordered articulation.

The primary purpose of this study was to determine whether there were any signs of structural and/or neuromuscular aberrations in the speech mechanisms of children who were previously diagnosed as having "functional" articulation disorders. These children were compared with a group of normally articulating children. Results of in-depth oral mechanism examinations revealed no significant differences between these groups on any of the measures made. The clinical implications of such findings are discussed.

Articulation Disorders↗
PubMed1980

Tongue strength: its relationship to tongue thrusting, open-bite, and articulatory proficiency.

Maximum protrusive tongue strength was measured for two experimental groups of 35 normal speaking children and 21 children with frontal lisping, anterior tongue thrusting during swallow, and open-bite malocclusion, and a control group of 85 children with normal speech and occlusion who did not thrust their tongues during swallow. No significant differences in tongue strength were found among these groups. The findings were interpreted to support the view that tongue strengthening exercises recommended by some authors for the correction of tongue thrusting or associated frontal lisping may be superfluous.

Adolescent↗