Open AccessThumbsucking as related to placement and acoustic aspects of /s,z/ and lingual rest postures
Author(s) -
Gloria Kellum,
Alan M. Gross,
Sue Hale,
Stephanie Eiland,
Chad Williams
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
the international journal of orofacial myology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2694-2526
pISSN - 0735-0120
DOI - 10.52010/ijom.1994.20.1.1
Subject(s) - rest (music) , computer science , acoustics , physics
Three hundred seventy-one second graders in rural public schools were evaluated for thumbsucking, rest and swallow postures of the tongue, and articulatory placement and acoustic aspects of /s,z./. Significant relationships were observed between thumbsucking and lower dental or interdental rest and swallow postures as well as acoustic errors for /s,z/. The implications of these relationships are discussed.