Observations on impediments of speech : with some remarks on their successful treatment. In a letter addressed to T.J. Pettigrew ... / by Richard Cull.

Date:
1833
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    fore ready to be modified by the enunciative organs to form any words that may be desired : the only peculiarity will be a joining of all the words by the drone sound, which, as long as it is continued, will prevent the closure of the glottis, and consequently of the recurrence of the impediment. The peculiarity may be thus expressed in writing : — e--“ Hail-e--lioly-e--light-e--offspring-e—of-e—heaven- e--first born”-e--- &c. Singers produce their first note in a song without the word, in a similar manner to the above, and so do many speakers, before they even begin to answer the simplest question: thus, some give the power of m, others e, and express a simple affirmative — “m—-yes,” “ e--yes.” So that the continuous voice or droning is in reality a very common practice; but this peculiarity will be able to be thrown off as the patient recovers volition over the small muscles which move the glottis. M. Bourdon (in his “ Recherches sur le mcchanisme de la respiration,” &c. Par. 1820,) considers the glottis as performing many other