Consonant pronunciation in spastic dysarthria
10.3760/cma.j.issn.0254-1424.2011.011.008
- VernacularTitle:痉挛型构音障碍脑性瘫痪患者不同发音部位辅音发音的特点
- Author:
Zhuoming CHEN
;
Zhihong DU
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Spastic dysarthria;
Cerebral palsy;
Consonants;
Articulation analysis
- From:
Chinese Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
2011;33(11):827-829
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To research the consonant pronunciation of patients with spastic dysarthria as a result of cerebral palsy and supply a theoretical basis for their rehabilitation.Methods Twenty-eight cerebral palsy patients with spastic dysarthria were examined using a dysarthria examination scale developed by the China Rehabilitation Research Center.The whole process of the tests was recorded using Cool Edit recording software.Praat4 was used to evaluate their pronunciation according to the pronunciation criteria of “experimental phonology”.Their error rates on 21 consonants were counted and the characteristics of the articulation errors were summarized.Results According to the location of articulation,the inaccuracy rates on labials,dentals,apicals,blade-palatals,palatals and velars in the 28 patients were 21％,71％,53％,71％,54％ and 36％ respectively.Conclusions Patients with spastic dysarthria as a result of cerebral palsy have the most difficulty pronouncing dentals and blade-palatal consonants.They find labial consonants the easiest.
