Ray Jayanti
Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences, PO Box 642420, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164-2420, USA.
Int J Orofacial Myology. 2003 Nov;29:5-14.
This study examined the effects of orofacial myofunctional therapy (OMT) on speech intelligibility in adults with persistent articulation impairments. Six adults in the age range of 18-23 years were selected to receive orofacial myofunctional therapy for a period of six weeks. The results showed that five out of six clients made significant progress in oral postures and speech sound production across all three speech production tasks: single words, sentences, and spontaneous speech. Speech intelligibility increased significantly in all clients except the one diagnosed with developmental apraxia of speech. Orofacial myofunctional therapists, speech-language pathologists, and other professionals need to rule out underlying orofacial myofunctional variables when targeting speech sounds for intervention. Speech production tasks may be considered as important measures to understand the efficacy of OMT in clinical settings.
本研究考察了口面部肌功能治疗（OMT）对存在持续性构音障碍的成年人言语清晰度的影响。选取了6名年龄在18至23岁之间的成年人接受为期六周的口面部肌功能治疗。结果显示，6名受试者中有5名在所有三项言语产生任务（单词、句子和自发言语）的口腔姿势和语音产生方面取得了显著进展。除了一名被诊断为发育性言语失用症的受试者外，所有受试者的言语清晰度均显著提高。口面部肌功能治疗师、言语语言病理学家和其他专业人员在将语音作为干预目标时，需要排除潜在的口面部肌功能变量。言语产生任务可被视为了解口面部肌功能治疗在临床环境中疗效的重要指标。
