Use of formoterol in the treatment of stuttering. A pilot study.

Aims: Stuttering is a serious health and social problem that can distinctively affect not only the mental development of an individual but also his life possibilities, including social fulfilment and his general life prospects. The etiology of stuttering is however unknown and that is why it is not possible to treat it causally. This pilot study takes into account the hypothesis of bronchial constriction as a negative factor in stuttering and investigates the effect of the long-acting bronchodilator formoterol fumarate on stuttering in 42 patients.

The F1-F2 vowel chart for Czech whispered vowels a, e, i, o, u.

Aim: The aim of this contribution is to present the formant chart of the Czech vowels a, e, i, o, u and show that this can be achieved by means of digital methods of sound processing.

Method: A group of 35 Czech students of the Pedagogical Faculty of Palacky University was tested and a record of whispered vowels was taken from each of them. The record was digitalized and processed by the Discrete Fourier Trasform.

[Assessment of autonomous reactivity at stuttering treated in bronchodilatation therapy].

By the measurement of autonomous reactivity according to the variability of heart frequency we get a picture that describes the activity of autonomous nervous system and stuttering at bronchodilatal therapy.

Report on the course of study BZ-1003-BR following the changes in airways in stutterers with the help of pulse oscillometry (MasterScreen IOS).

Stuttering affects people all over the world. At the age of six years, about 1.5 percent of children suffers from stuttering.

Analysis of articulation of fricative praealveolar sibilant "S" in control population.

Defective pronunciation of one or more mother language phones, i.e. dyslalia, represents the most frequent speech impairment both in children and adult people.

In reference to phonation larynx fixation: computer graphic record.

The vocal apparatus serves phonation. It represents a biocybernetic self-regulating system, disposing of a feedback network of the central nervous system. The larynx is a self-induced vibrating system.

The spectral analysis of syllables in patients using dentures.

Changes in the oral cavity resulting from the loss of teeth and the ensuing reconstruction of a set of teeth by dentures (partial or complete) may cause changes in the speech and voice of the patient. The aim of the present investigation was to study the changes in speech and voice in patients suffering from teeth loss and the degree of speech improvement using dentures. Voice and speech parameters of a set of tested syllables were analysed in 10 patients at the 2nd Clinic of Stomatology.

Pneumoobstruction of the tracheobronchial tree as a hypothetical cause of balbuties.

The occurrence of balbuties is a common phenomenon. Balbuties is defined as frequent repetition and lengthening of syllables and words, alternatively frequent halting with pauses impairing the rhythmic flow of speech. Balbuties may have a negative influence upon the psychic as well as social development of an individual.