Thumbsucking as Related to Placement and Acoustic Aspects of /s,z/ and Lingual Rest Postures

Gloria D. Kellum; Alan M. Gross; Sue T. Hale; Stephanie Eiland; Carole Williams

doi:10.52010/ijom.1994.20.1.1

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1 November 1994

Thumbsucking as Related to Placement and Acoustic Aspects of /s,z/ and Lingual Rest Postures

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University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS 38677, USA

Int. J. Orofac. Myol. Myofunct. Ther.1994, 20(1), 4-9;https://doi.org/10.52010/ijom.1994.20.1.1

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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.

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