Mandible was developed at the lower jaw and helped teeth move. My pig had only two canine teeth at the upper jaw. The hard palate was seen at the top of the mouth. The soft palate was seen right next to the hard palate. The function of these palates was producing vocalization.…
Description A Cleft lip and cleft palate are the result of birth defect. Cleft lip and cleft palate are the openings or splits in the upper lip, the roof of the mouth or both. This result in difficulty to eat, speak, hear and breathe. The major cause behind this problem genetic defect.…
LMT was conducted before and after the questionnaire, in order to note its effects. Next, a vocal assessment of each patient elongating the /a/ vowel was conducted, which analyzed each patient’s vocal quality. The next test of the study was an auditory-perceptual analysis of each patient’s voice by three speech language pathologists. Specifically, they analyzed each patient’s vocal quality, roughness, breathiness, tension, and instability. Finally, LMT was conducted for twenty minutes after the various speech tests.…
Vocal Function Exercises (VFE) by Joseph Stemple Purpose: The Vocal Function Exercises (VFE) was invented by Joseph Stemple. The purpose of VFE is to balance the subsystems of voice production in order to improve and enhance the vocal function of the speakers with normal voices, opera singers, teachers with voice disorders, and elderly men (Stemple et al., 2014). Method: The VFE begins with describing the problem to the patient or showing illustrations using the patient’s own stroboscopic evaluation images/videos (Stemple et al., 2014).…
A tissue pull can cause the recession of gum tissue or the exposure of a root surface. A tongue tied infant can have a moderate to severe issue with their tongue. A severely tongue tied infant is when the frenulum of the child is attached from the tip of the tongue to the lower mandible gum tissue. This problem allows only the sides of the tongue to lift and move and not the center. When the tongue is lifted, it gives…
Lauren’s job as a Speech-Language Pathologists is to determine, diagnose, treat and guidance to anticipate communication and swallowing disorders. The swallowing disorder is when an individuals have trouble to swallow. According to Lauren, “the cause of having the swallowing disease is due to brain…
The length of the lingual frenulum was also WNL. The appearance of the clients’ hard palate and the length of the clients’ soft palate were WNL. The mobility of the soft palate was also WNL. The client previously had her tonsils, adenoids, and uvula removed in order to treat her sleep apnea. When the client spoke, her speech was characterized by hyper-nasality due to incomplete closure.…
Dysphagia can be described as difficulty swallowing. Dysphagia can result from either mechanical obstruction or a functional disorder. There are two obstructions, either intrinsic or extrinsic; the difference is the origin. Intrinsic obstructions begin in the esophageal lumen wall and include strictures, tumors, and outpouchings. The extrinsic mechanical obstructions originate on the outside of the esophageal lumen.…
Visual feedback is used to show the patients the level of loudness that they need to achieve. LVST focuses mostly on the respiratory system, resonance and phonation. Efficacy of the Study, Level and Study Design of Lee Silverman Voice…
American Journal of Speech - Language Pathology (Online), 24(2), 150-163.…
Dysarthria is a speech disorder caused by a stoke, cerebrum damage, tumors, or Parkinson's disease. Dysarthria damages movements in muscles used for speech production. These muscles incorporate the tongue, vocal folds, lips and diaphragm. Dysarthria is weakened in communication due to shortcoming, loss of motion and incoordination of speech. It influences your pitch, loudness, voice quality, prosody, respiration and articulation.…
L.R.’s GFTA-3 results indicate that he produced 20 errors. When compared to other children his age, this score converts to a standard score of 81 with a percentile rank of 10. L.R’s errors are within lower range when compared to children of his chronological age. Based on the findings of the GFTA-3, L.R. presents with an articulation disorder, characterized by final consonant deletion, vocalization, gliding of liquids, omissions, and consonant cluster reduction. Oral Motor Function…
Speech-pathologists provide critical services to many children nationwide. While the numbers of children in need of special services continue to increase, the number of speech-language pathologists employed in schools has decreased. The shortage of speech-language pathologists, caused by a growing workload, could potentially threaten the education of special needs students. Today, special educators are faced with growing responsibilities that can be challenging.…
Convergent shape is used to describe when the vocal folds separate farther apart at the bottom margins and less at the superior margin. This shape results in the glottis opening from the positive pressure within the glottis. Divergent shape will be discussed during glottal…
1. Introduction This paper reports sociolinguistic variation and change patterns of T-glottalling in Manchester comparing with other dialects of English. T-gottalling, the phonological process whereby /t/ is replaced by a glottal stop in non-initial position, has been considered as the accent all over the UK in recent years. Database (number of token, factors); the definition of T-glottalling and simple example; the characteristic of Manchester pattern; T-glottalling, in English phonology, a sound change that causes the phoneme is replaced by the glottal stop [ʔ] in certain position.…