Vol 33 No 1 (2014)
Speech
Effect of oral anesthetization on the speech characteristics of persons with and without stuttering
How to Cite
YV, G., M, S., H, S., V, S., & M, I. (1). Effect of oral anesthetization on the speech characteristics of persons with and without stuttering. Journal of All India Institute of Speech and Hearing, 33(1), 33-38. Retrieved from http://203.129.241.91/jaiish/index.php/aiish/article/view/777
Abstract
Appropriate sensory feedback from the speech structures aects articula- tion and prosody. The study aimed to investigate the eects of oral anes- thetization on the speech characteristics in persons with stuttering (PWS) compared to normals. The participants included 18-30 year old 25 PWS and 25 age and gender matched controls. Their spontaneous speech and reading samples were video recorded prior to and after the administration of oral anesthesia. These samples were analyzed for Stuttering Like Dis-
uencies (SLDs), Normal Dis uencies (NDs), Articulation Errors (AE) and rate of speech. The SLDs and NDs were signicantly reduced un- der oral anesthesia and AEs were more of distortions and not signicant. The rates were signicantly reduced in both the groups under oral anes- thesia. The reduction in sensory input thus showed an in uence on the
speech behaviors and rate of speech signifying the need of appropriate sen- sory feedback from the articulators for uent speech which needs further exploration.
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American Speech and Hearing Association, San Fran-
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Springer-Verlag.
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Communication Disorders, 8, 249-258.
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facial muscles in speech. Stockholm, Sweden: Depart-
ments of Otolaryngology and Clinical Neurophysiology,
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Studdert-Kennedy, M. (1967). Perception of the speech
code. Psychological Revision, 74, 431-463.
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apy. Journal of Speech and Hearing Disorders, 24, 144-
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vier.
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control: A cine-radiographic study. Ph.D. dissertation,
Purdue University.
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dren and Adults (3rd ed.). Austin, TX: Pro-Ed.
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Speech and Hearing Research, 6, 369-378.
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search, 14, 804-818.
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Dynamics in Adults Who Stutter. Journal of Fluency
Disorders, 35, 1-18.
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uency and its devel-
opment in normal children. In Speech and Language:
Advances in Basic Research and Practice (vol. 4) New
York: Academic Press.
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duction in adult cochlear implant users. Journal of
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matosensory basis of speech production. Nature, 423,
866-869.
Uthappa, A. G. V., Shailat, P., & Geetha, Y. V. (2010). Ef-
fect of oral anesthetization on
uency. Paper presented
at the 42nd India Speech and Hearing Association con-
ference.
van Lieshout, P. H. H. M., Hulstijn, W., & Peters, H. F.
M. (1996). Speech production in persons who stutter:
Testing the motor plan assembly hypothesis. Journal of
Speech Hearing Research, 39, 76-92.