Otological and Audiological Determinants of the Well-being of Children with Desonorization

The research paper presents the results of own research on desonorization in dyslalia regarding otological and audiological conditions of the well-being of children with impaired realization of voicing of obstruent phonemes. The research material comes from 30 subjects with desonorization between 4.7 and 17.8 years of age. During research it was found, basing on specialist medical examinations, that 80% of this group of the examined children had abnormalities in the tympanic membrane regarding its color, light reflex, position and translucency. The data obtained during impedance audiometry indicated that 53% of the subjects went through exudative otitis media and/or dysfunctions of the Eustachian tube. The data obtained during pure tone audiometry indicated that 53% of the examined children suffered from bilateral or unilateral conductive hearing loss. The conducted research shows that in the case of desonorative disorders, a laryngological-audiological examination and specialist treatment are an essential prerequisite for logopedic as well as therapeutic diagnostics.

The study was funded from science budget allocations in 2010–2013 as a research project no. N N104 084639. Project manager: Lilianna Konopska. The presented research results were reported at the 15th National Logopedic Conference Logopedia – tradycja i perspektywy rozwoju [Logopedics – Traditions and Development Prospects] held in Warsaw on 29 and 30 September 2017. The title of the report was Desonoryzacja w dyslalii – w poszukiwaniu uwarunkowań. Wyniki badań laryngologiczno-audiologicznych (doniesienie z własnych badań).[Desonorization in Dyslalia – in Search of Determinants. Results of Laryngological-Audiologicla Studies (Report from own Research). Organizers: Main Executive of the Society for Language Culture, Logopedics Center of Warsaw University’s Institute of Applied Polish Studies, Dept. of Logopedics and Educational Linguistics of the Maria Grzegorzewska University in Warsaw.