Analysis of the phonological characteristics of 90 patients with functional speech problems / 中华物理医学与康复杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To investigate the phonological characteristics of patients with functional speech problems. Methods Ninety patients with functional speech problems were classified by speech analysis. All types of speech problems were analyzed. Results The functional speech problems can be categorized as unaspiration, palatalization, lateralization, fronting of tongue, backing of tongue, plosion, omission of consonants, glottal stop, affrication and backing of tongue and nasalization. Backing of tongue and nasalization was only related to the consonant l, and the unaspiration was often related to such consonants as p, t, k, q, c, ch. Conclusion The functional speech problems were related to consonants. There was regularity with the involvement of the consonants in different types of functional speech problems.