Speech disorders related to alterations of the lingual frenulum in schoolchildren

Conclusion: the short frenulum prevailed over the other lingual frenulum alterations classifications. The research group presented statistically significant alterations when compared with the group control, in the following items: tongue tonus, low tongue posture in the oral cavity and articulation. In the other items, although there is no statistically significant difference among the groups, there was a tendency of major alteration in the research group. It was not possible to determine if alterations in phonetics speech are the same regarding the different lingual frenulum alterations.
Source: Revista CEFAC - Category: Speech Therapy Source Type: research