Etıology, forms and dıagnosis of rhınolalıa

Rhinolalia is a change in the timbre of the voice due to a violation of the pronunciation of most sounds and a violation of the palatopharyngeal closure. It is wrong to attribute this deviation to mechanical dyslalia, it is treated separately in modern speech therapy. With this disease, nasalization or "noise" (an important feature of rhinolalia), gross distortion in voice pronunciation, difficult to understand, articulation and acoustic speech disorder, secondary impairment of phonemic processes and written speech, poor vocabulary development occur. The disease is quite common – one among 760 children is born with it or acquires it later. Rhinolalia is a disorder of articulation and voice formation caused by defects in the structure and function of the speech apparatus. It is characterized by gross distortions in voice pronunciation, nasalization of consonants and vowels, secondary violations of phonemic processes and written speech, underdevelopment of the lexical and grammatical aspects of speech. Diagnostic examination for rhinolalia includes consultations with an otolaryngologist, maxillofacial surgeon, and speech therapist to determine the anatomical and functional defects of the articulating apparatus and the degree of impairment of all aspects of speech. Surgical, physiotherapeutic, orthodontic treatment can be used to overcome rhinolalia. In this article, the treatment of patients with rhinolalia, the types of the disease, and examination-diagnostics have been investigated.