Editorial Type:
Article Category: Research Article
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Online Publication Date: 01 Jul 1986

Tongue Size, Oral Cavity Size and Speech

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Page Range: 234 – 243
DOI: 10.1043/0003-3219(1986)056<0234:TSOCSA>2.0.CO;2
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Abstract

Methods of measuring tongue size are evaluated, and protruded tongue size is related to sex, malocclusion, and speech. Significant correlations are found with sex and speech.

Keywords: SPEECH; TONGUE
Copyright: Edward H. Angle Society of Orthodontists

Contributor Notes

Richard G. Oliver is Senior Lecturer and Honorary Consultant in the Department of Orthodontics at the University of Wales College of Medicine. He is a Dental graduate (B.D.S.) of the University of London, and holds an M.Sc.D. in Orthodontics from the University of Wales

Sian P. Evans is a dental graduate (B.D.S.) of the University of Wales in Cardiff

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