Rhinolalia aperta in a syndromic and non-syndromic context Cover Image

Rinolalia deschisă în context sindromic și non-sindromic
Rhinolalia aperta in a syndromic and non-syndromic context

Author(s): Oana-Maria ȘOMFELEAN
Subject(s): Phonetics / Phonology, Lexis, Pragmatics, Inclusive Education / Inclusion
Published by: Asociația Specialiștilor în Terapia Tulburărilor de Limbaj din România
Keywords: open rhinolalia; non-syndromic rhinolalia; syndromic rhinolalia; voice disorde; speech disorder; speech intelligibility;

Summary/Abstract: This article describes the results obtained in a research which study the symptomatology of open rhinolalia in syndromic and non-syndromic context.Open rhinolalia represents a real, complex, less common problem with major implications for language development, both organic and functional, and whose diagnosis, evaluation and intervention approach is poorly known and adopted in speech therapy practice.The approach in the research of both the specifics of non-syndromic rhinolalia and syndromic rhinolalia aims at identifying the particularities and symptoms of this speech disorder and focuses mainly on the identification of the degree of development of expressive language and the intelligibility of speech, but also on finding the level and the type of the associated voice disorder and the similarities and differences between the specificity of non-syndromic rhinolalia and syndromic rhinolalia. In the case of syndromic rhinolalia, it has been observed how optimal development and rehabilitation of language is influenced by association with Down syndrome and Pierre-Robin syndrome.

  • Issue Year: III/2017
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 53-67
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: English, Romanian