Cheng Hei Yan, Murdoch Bruce E, Goozée Justine V, Scott Dion
Division of Speech Pathology, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072 Australia.
J Speech Lang Hear Res. 2007 Apr;50(2):375-92. doi: 10.1044/1092-4388(2007/027).
To investigate the developmental time course of tongue-to-palate contact patterns during speech from childhood to adulthood using electropalatography (EPG) and a comprehensive profile of data analysis.
Tongue-to-palate contacts were recorded during productions of /t/, /l/, /s/, and /k/ in 48 children, adolescents and adults (aged 6-38 years) using the Reading Electropalatograph system.
A protracted course of development for lingual control was indicated, with significant changes occurring until age 11 years; the adolescent period was in turn characterized by continual refinement of articulatory control. With maturity, a reduction in the amount of palatal contact and an anterior shift in the place of articulation was evident during anterior consonant productions, whereas the tongue-back-to-palate contact pattern became more consistent for the velar stop /k/.
These results support that maturation of the speech motor system is nonuniform.
利用电子腭图(EPG)和全面的数据分析概况,研究从儿童期到成年期言语过程中舌与腭接触模式的发育时间进程。
使用Reading电子腭图系统,记录了48名儿童、青少年和成年人(年龄6 - 38岁)在发/t/、/l/、/s/和/k/音时舌与腭的接触情况。
表明舌控制的发育过程较为漫长,直到11岁才会发生显著变化;青少年时期的特点是发音控制不断细化。随着成熟,在前辅音发音过程中,腭接触量减少,发音位置向前移动,而软腭塞音/k/的舌背与腭接触模式变得更加一致。
这些结果支持言语运动系统的成熟是不均匀的。