Objective

2

To explore the phonemic contrastive speech recognition ability and speech breathing function of children with functional articulation disorder

and to explore the correlation between them and the degree of articulation disorder.

Methods

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Children with functional articulation disorder admitted to our hospital from July 2020 to August 2021 were selected as the case group (functional articulation disorder

n=46)

and 46 children with normal physical examination in our hospital were selected as the control group (normal children

n=46). The phonemic contrastive speech recognition ability and speech breathing function of the two groups were compared and analyzed

and Pearson correlation analysis was used to explore the correlation between phonemic contrastive speech recognition ability and speech breathing function of the children with functional articulation disorder and the degree of articulation disorder.

Results

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Vowel scores (front nasal vowel-back nasal vowel score

same opening and same structure score

same opening and different structure score

same structure and different opening score

total vowel score) and initial consonant scores (same parts and different ways score

retroflex-non-retroflex score

aspirates-unaspirated sound score and total consonant score) in the case group were lower than those in the control group (

P

<

0.05). The maximum phonation time (MPT)

mean flow rate (MFR) and maximum counting ability (MCA) in the case group were lower than those in the control group

and the s/z ratio was higher than that in the control group (

P

<

0.05). Same opening and same structure score

same opening and different structure score

same structure and different opening score

total vowel score

same parts and different ways score

voiceless consonant and voiced consonant

fricative and non-fricative

aspirates-unaspirated sound score and total consonant score

MPT

MFR and MCA were negatively correlated with articulation disorder

while s/z ratio was positively correlated with the articulation disorder degree (

P

<

0.05).

Conclusion

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Compared with age-matched normal children

the phonemic contrastive speech recognition ability and speech breathing function of children with functional articulation disorder are relatively low

and speech recognition ability and speech breathing function of children is negatively correlated with articulation disorder degree. Children with functional articulation disorder should be trained in the phonemic contrastive speech recognition and speech breathing.