Silverman E M
J Speech Hear Disord. 1976 Nov;41(4):547-52. doi: 10.1044/jshd.4104.547.
This paper reports research conducted to determine whether the lateral lisp is a speech defect. The specific purpose of this research was to determine whether the lateral lisp calls adverse attention to the speaker. Two groups of broadcast communication students rates the concept "The Person Speaking" on a 49-scale semantic differential. One group performed the task after listening to a tape recording of a young woman reading contextual material with a simulated lateral lisp. The other group performed the task after listening to a recording of the same woman reading the material in a normal manner. Analyses of the scale values computed for the two conditions indicated that the lateral lisp called adverse attention to the speaker. A systematic replication was undertaken to assess the generality of this finding. The procedures of the original investigation were followed except that business administration students served as judges. The results replicated those of the original investigation. These data indicate that the lateral lisp is probably a speech defect and suggest that the practice of eliminating school speech services for children whose only speech difference is a lateral lisp should be reconsidered.
本文报告了一项旨在确定侧音是否为言语缺陷的研究。该研究的具体目的是确定侧音是否会引起他人对说话者的负面关注。两组广播通信专业的学生在一个49级语义差异量表上对“说话者”这一概念进行评分。一组学生在听了一名年轻女性带有模拟侧音的上下文材料朗读录音后完成任务。另一组学生在听了同一名女性正常朗读材料的录音后完成任务。对两种情况下计算出的量表值进行分析表明，侧音会引起他人对说话者的负面关注。为评估这一发现的普遍性进行了系统的重复研究。除了由工商管理专业的学生担任评判外，其余均遵循原始调查的程序。结果重复了原始调查的结果。这些数据表明，侧音可能是一种言语缺陷，并表明对于那些唯一的言语差异只是侧音的儿童取消学校言语治疗服务的做法应该重新考虑。
