[Voice therapy according to Smith. Comments on the accent method of treating voice and speech disorders].

Abstract

The accent method (A.M.) is based on the myoelastic and aerodynamic phonatory theory. The aim of the respiration exercises is to establish a predominantly abdominal respiration. Following the exercises of accentuated phonatory pulsations, patients work on reading special texts designed to enable them to become aware of the accentuated or unaccentuated sections. The AM is based on a holistic understanding of the voice and of speech. Whilst the exercise of AM is linked to a physiological phenomenon, such as phonatory aerodynamics and muscular function, the method is to be understood as a therapy aimed at producing an overall change in the behaviour related to oral communication disorders. The aim is not so much to eliminate a given particular defect, but rather to condition a subconscious automatism.

• Authors: K Dalhoff, P Kitzing
• Journal: Revue de laryngologie - otologie - rhinologie (Rev Laryngol Otol Rhinol (Bord)) Vol. 110 Issue 4 Pg. 407-13 ( 1989) ISSN: 0035-1334 [Print] France
• Vernacular Title: La thérapie de la voix selon Smith. Commentaires sur la méthode des pulsions phonatoires accentuées (MPPA) pour traiter les troubles de la voix et du langage.
• PMID: 2636739 (Publication Type: English Abstract, Journal Article)

Topics

• Humans
• Phonation
• Respiration
• Speech Therapy (methods)
• Voice (physiology)
• Voice Disorders (therapy)
• Voice Training