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Introduction The speech is vague and the expression is unclear. The child who just learned to speak is unclear and has something in his mouth. The reasons are: first, hearing damage, second, abnormal pronunciation organs, third, oral movement function problems, and fourth, the influence of language environment.

Cause

Lingual nerve paralysis caused by the language of the central nervous system. There are many reasons for this:

1, genetic factors, such as parents, close relatives have a big tongue.

2, congenital physiological dysplasia, there are various types of malformations, such as congenital cleft palate, congenital mental retardation, congenital deafness, encephalitis, etc.

3, the developmental organs have diseases, physiological defects, such as the tongue is too large, too small, too wide, too thick, too short tongue

4. Organic lesions appear in the vocal organs

5, tongue ligament rigidity, vocal cords, masseter muscle spasm

6, the pronunciation position is not accurate

7, the pronunciation method, method error

8. Local dialects form the stereotype of speech.

an examination

Related inspection

Nasopharyngeal MRI examination Otolaryngology CT examination Tongue pharyngeal examination Oral X-ray examination

When speaking, pronunciation, biting, and voicing are unclear, causing hearing difficulties for the listener. The patient itself may feel difficulty in pronunciation, difficulty, difficulty, awkwardness, and discomfort. The specific symptoms are various. Some of them are unclear in the pronunciation of a single tone system. Some of them are unclear in the pronunciation of more phonological systems. Some of them are unclear in the pronunciation of all phonological systems.

Differential diagnosis

First of all, it should be distinguished from the unclear articulation.

The so-called unclear articulation is unclear, and it is a common language defect for children who are just learning to talk.

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