• 한국컴퓨터정보학회논문지
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• 제24권11호
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• pp.263-270
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• 2019

본 연구는 언어재활사의 직무만족도에 영향을 미치는 요인을 파악하여 이를 중재하기 위한 프로그램 개발에 기초자료를 제공하기 위한 조사연구이다. 언어재활사 145명을 대상으로 구조화된 설문지를 이용하였다. 연구 결과 직무만족도의 평균 3.62점이었고, 직무만족도는 자기효능감과는 양의 상관관계, 직무스트레스와는 음의 상관관계에 있었다. 직무만족도에 영향을 미치는 요인은 자기효능감과 직무스트레스로 나타났고, 직무만족도의 설명력은 46.8%로 나타났다. 본 연구 결과가 언어재활사의 직무만족도를 놀일 수 있는 방안을 모색하고 이에 대한 중재프로그램을 개발하는데 기초적 자료로 유용하게 활용 될 것으로 기대된다.

• 대한통합의학회지
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• 제7권4호
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• pp.89-104
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• 2019

Purpose : The purpose of this study was to investigate the development of korean vowels by acoustically analyzing whether children produce Korean vowels differently according to their age and gender between ages 4 and 6. Methods : A total of 104 children aged 4~6 years (56 males and 48 females) participated in this study. The participants were classified as either 4, 5, or 6 years old. Vowel speech data was obtained by asking the subjects to pronounce meaningful words in which the vowel in question was located in the first syllable. Speech analysis was performed using the Multi-speech 3700 program. Results : Age, gender, and vowel being pronounced all had significant effects on intensity. There was significant decrease with increasing age, and the intensity was significantly higher in male children than female children. Neither age, gender, nor the vowel being produced affected the fundamental frequency. The fundamental frequency produced did not differ by age or gender. The first and second formants had considerable effect on age and vowels, significantly decreased with age, and did not have a gender difference. Conclusion : The results of this study showed that children aged 4~6 have similar anatomical structures, but that maturity of speech motor skills required to pronounce vowels was correlated with age. The results of this study can be used to evaluate children's speech and develop speech therapy programs.

• Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
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• 제39권
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• pp.9.1-9.5
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• 2017

Background: Nasalance is used to evaluate the velopharyngeal incompetence in clinical diagnoses using a nasometer. The aim of this study is to find the nasalance differences between Vietnamese cleft palate children and Korean cleft palate children by measuring the nasalance of five oral vowels. Methods: Ten Vietnamese cleft palate children after surgery, three Vietnamese children for the control group, and ten Korean cleft palate children after surgery with the same age participated in this experimentation. Instead of Korean control, the standard value of Korean version of the simplified nasometric assessment procedures (kSNAP) was used. Result: The results are as follows: (1) the highest nasalance score among the Vietnamese normal vowels is the low vowel /a/; however, that of Korean normal vowels is the high vowel /i/. (2) The average nasalance score of Korean cleft palate vowels is 18% higher than that of Vietnamese cleft palate vowels. There was a nasalance score of over 45% among the vowels /e/ and /i/ in Vietnamese cleft palate patients and /i/, /o/, and /u/ in Korean cleft palate patients. Conclusion: These different nasalance scores of the same vowels seem to cause an ethnic difference between Vietnamese and Korean cleft palate children.

• 대한구순구개열학회지
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.39-44
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• 2005

Velopharyngeal incompetence(VPI) is that soft palate and muscle of posterolateral pharyngeal wall can not close velopharyngeal port properly. Thing that prior to treatment for patient with VPI is to evaluation about nasopharyngeal closing function. This data is important for making a treatment plan and assesment of treatment effect to improve nasopharyngeal closing function. There are two ways of VPI assessment. The one is subjective method by auditory finding, the other is objective method by using equipment for language test. Using only subjective way is not adequate for evaluation of VPI because of low trust, so doing both two methods simultaneously help to make a diagnosis and assessment exactly. CPAP is effective method to treat hypernasality. This new treatment technique intensify oropharyngeal muscle for nasopharyngeal closing by direct resistance training. Becase conventional treatments have limitation, so many research about treatment effectiveness of CPAP are being studied. This study aims that we compare our result from Korean VPI patients with result about treatment effect in other advanced country, to make CPAP Treatment Questionares and to find ways that improve oropharyngeal closing function an[1 maximally increase language treatment effect.

• 말소리와 음성과학
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• 제15권3호
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• pp.53-58
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• 2023

갑상선 절제술 후 정상적인 성대 움직임을 보이는 경우의 29.7%가 주관적인 음성문제를 호소하며, 이는 의사소통과 관련된 삶의 질 저하로 이어질 수 있다. 본 연구의 목적은 신경학적 손상이 없는 갑상선 절제술 후 음성의 음도문제를 개선하기 위해 경부운동과 semi-occluded vocal tract exercise를 적용하여 고안한 음성치료법의 효과를 알아보는 것이다. 이를 위해 갑상선 절제술 후 음도문제를 보이는 여성 10명을 대상으로 무작위 배정에 의힌 음성치료를 갑상선 술 2주 후 1회 실시하였다. 술 전과 술 후, 음성치료 직후의 음성 비교하기 위해 음향학적 분석[fundamental frequency, jitter, shimmer, noise-to-harmonics ratio, min Voice Range Profile(VRP), max VRP, VRP]을 실시하였다. 연구결과, 술 전에 비해 술 후 유의한 감소를 보였던 max VRP, VRP가 음성치료 직후 유의한 증가를 보였다. 이와 같은 결과는 본 연구의 음성치료법이 갑상선 술 후 음성문제의 주요한 증상인 고음역대 주파수 저하를 개선하는데 효과적인 방법임을 시사한다. 추후에는 본 치료효과가 장기간 지속되는지에 대한 연구가 필요할 것이다.

• 대한통합의학회지
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• 제6권4호
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• pp.191-206
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• 2018

Purpose : This study investigated the correlation between speech intelligibility and acoustic measurements of speech sounds produced by the children with speech sound disorders and children without any diagnosed speech sound disorder. Methods : A total of 60 children with and without speech sound disorders were the subjects of this study. Speech samples were obtained by having the subjects? speak meaningful words. Acoustic measurements were analyzed on a spectrogram using the Multi-speech 3700 program. Speech intelligibility was determined according to a listener's perceptual judgment. Results : Children with speech sound disorders had significantly lower speech intelligibility than those without speech sound disorders. The intensity of the vowel /u/, the duration of the vowel /${\omega}$/, and the second formant of the vowel /${\omega}$/ were significantly different between both groups. There was no difference in voice onset time between the groups. There was a correlation between acoustic measurements and speech intelligibility. Conclusion : The results of this study showed that the speech intelligibility of children with speech sound disorders was affected by intensity, word duration, and formant frequency. It is necessary to complement clinical setting results using acoustic measurements in addition to evaluation of speech intelligibility.

• 말소리와 음성과학
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• 제5권4호
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• pp.43-51
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• 2013

The purpose of this study is to survey Speech-Language Pathologists' perception on evaluation and treatment of "swallowing disorders". An online questionnaire was sent to the 279 subjects attending undergraduate/graduate programs in speech therapy department and/or SLPs who work in various settings. The survey consisted of three parts: 1) background information and educational/clinical experiences that are associated with dysphagia (swallowing disorder), 2) the current state of diagnosis and treatment of dysphagia of clinical practice (certified SLPs only), 3) the recognition of diagnosis, treatment, education for dysphagia. Each item of the survey was scaled by the participants on a five-point Likert scale of 1 to 5 (1 being not at all and 5 being extremely) or self-reported answers. The results of the survey showed that SLPs have high interest in "swallowing disorder", but most of them regarded them very difficult to diagnose and treat. The reason is that they have not been trained as a swallowing specialist. Therefore it is necessary to provide more opportunities for education and practice to establish the expertise of SLPs.

• 대한음성학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한음성학회 2007년도 한국음성과학회 공동학술대회 발표논문집
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• pp.149-151
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• 2007

This study was designed to investigate fast ab/adduction rate of articulation valves in normal adults. The measurement of fast ab/aduction rate has traditionally been used for assessment, diagnosis and therapy in patients who suffered from dysarthria, functional articulation disorders or apraxia of speech. Fast ab/adduction rate shows the documented structural and physiological changes in the central nervous system and the peripheral components of oral and speech production mechanism. Fast ab/adduction rates were obtained from 20 normal subjects by producing the repetition of vocal function (/ihi/), tongue function (/t${\wedge}$/), velopharyngeal function (/m/), and labial function (/p${\wedge}$/). The Aerophone II was used for data recording. The results of finding as follows: average fast ab/adduction rates were vocal function(6.21cps), tongue function(7.42cps), velopharyngeal function(5.23cps), labial function (6.93cps). The results of this study are guidelines of normal diadochokinetic rates. In addition, they can indicate the severity of diseases and evaluation of treatment.

• 음성과학
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• 제9권4호
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• pp.237-252
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• 2002

MIT has been applied for nonfluent aphasic patients on the basis of lateralization of brain hemisphere. However, its applications for different languages have some inquiry for aphasic patients because of prosodic and rhythmic differences. The purpose of this study is to develop the Korean Melodic Intonation Therapy program using personal computer and its clinical effects for nonfluent aphasic patients. The algorithm was composed to voice analog signal, PCM, AMDF, Short-time autocorrelation function and center clipping. The main menu contains pitch, waveform, sound intensity and speech files on window. Aphasic patients' intonation patterns overlay on selected kMIT patterns. Three aphasic patients with or without kMIT training participated in this study. Four affirmative sentences and two interrogative sentences were uttered on CSL by stimulus of ST. VOT, VD, Hold and TD were measured on Spectrogram. In addition, articulation disorders and intonation patterns were evaluated objectively on spectrogram. The results indicated that nonfluent aphasic patients with kMIT training group showed some clinical effects of speech intelligibility based on VOT, TD values, articulation evaluation and prosodic pattern changes.

• 한국융합학회논문지
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• 제9권6호
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• pp.125-132
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• 2018

본 연구는 단어 및 자발화 평가를 통해 학령전 아동의 말소리 산출 특성과 평가 관련 양상을 살펴보고자 하였다. 이를 위해 3-5세 일반아동 72명(연령별 각각 24명)을 대상으로 아동용발음검사(APAC)를 실시하고, 연령과 성별에 따른 자음정확도와 명료도의 차이, 자음정확도와 명료도 간 상관관계, 자음 위치 및 조음 방법에 따른 말소리 오류 패턴을 분석하였다. 연구 결과, 자음정확도와 명료도는 연령에 따라 증가하였으나 성별에 따른 차이는 없었고, 상관관계는 5세 집단에서 통계적으로 유의했으며, 말소리 오류 패턴 또한 두 평가에서 다르게 나타났다. 본 연구 결과는 아동의 말소리 산출이 언어단위에 따라 다르게 나타나기에, 이들의 말소리 능력을 적절히 파악하려면 단어뿐 아니라 자발화 평가가 병행되어야 함을 보여주었다. 이는 단어에 대한 자음정확도만으로 언어장애 등급을 판정하는 현재 기준에 대한 재검토와 추가적인 연구가 필요함을 시사한다.