Cleland Joanne, Timmins Claire, Wood Sara E, Hardcastle William J, Wishart Jennifer G
Speech Science Research Centre, Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh, UK.
Clin Linguist Phon. 2009 Dec;23(12):926-39. doi: 10.3109/02699200903061776.
Articulation disorders in Down's syndrome (DS) are prevalent and often intractable. Individuals with DS generally prefer visual to auditory methods of learning and may therefore find it beneficial to be given a visual model during speech intervention, such as that provided by electropalatography (EPG). In this study, participants with Down's syndrome, aged 10:1 to 18:9, received 24 individualized therapy sessions using EPG. Simultaneous acoustic and EPG recordings were made pre- and post-intervention during 10 repetitions of a word list containing lingua-palatal consonants. Participants also completed the DEAP phonology sub-test at both time points. Post-treatment, all participants showed qualitative and quantifiable differences in EPG patterns and improvements in DEAP percentage consonants correct. EPG assessment and therapy appears a positive approach for identifying and improving articulatory patterns in children with DS.
唐氏综合征（DS）中的构音障碍很常见，且往往难以治疗。唐氏综合征患者通常更喜欢视觉而非听觉学习方法，因此在言语干预期间给予视觉模型（如由电子腭图（EPG）提供的模型）可能会发现有益。在本研究中，年龄在10岁1个月至18岁9个月的唐氏综合征参与者接受了24次使用EPG的个体化治疗课程。在包含舌腭辅音的单词列表重复10次的干预前后，同时进行声学和EPG记录。参与者还在两个时间点完成了DEAP语音子测试。治疗后，所有参与者在EPG模式上均表现出定性和定量差异，且DEAP正确辅音百分比有所提高。EPG评估和治疗似乎是识别和改善唐氏综合征儿童构音模式的一种积极方法。
