Kummer A W, Neale H W
Department of Speech Pathology, Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Cleft Palate J. 1989 Jan;26(1):51-5.
This paper describes speech changes in three patients after tongue flap closure of various sized palatal fistulas. In all three patients articulation and lingual mobility appeared to be unaffected by excision of tongue tissue for the procedure. However, a large protruding tongue flap was noted to interfere with the articulation of sibilants in one patient. All patients showed a reduction in overall hypernasal resonance and nasal emission, although one patient developed nasal turbulence postoperatively and another required a pharyngeal flap for total elimination of hypernasality. This paper points out the need for a systematic investigation into the effects of this surgery on speech.
本文描述了三名患者在采用舌瓣关闭不同大小的腭瘘后的语音变化。在所有三名患者中，手术切除舌组织似乎并未影响发音和舌的活动度。然而，有一名患者出现一块大的突出舌瓣，影响了咝音的发音。所有患者的整体鼻音过重和鼻漏气情况均有所减轻，不过有一名患者术后出现鼻腔紊乱，另一名患者需要采用咽瓣才能完全消除鼻音过重的情况。本文指出有必要对该手术对语音的影响进行系统研究。
