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Original Article
Articulation error of children with adenoid hypertrophy
Tae-Hoon Eom, Eun-Sil Jang, Young-Hoon Kim, Seung-Yun Chung, In-Goo Lee
Clin Exp Pediatr. 2014;57(7):323-328.   Published online July 23, 2014
Purpose

Adenoid hypertrophy is a physical alteration that may affect speech, and a speech disorder can have other negative effects on a child's life. Airway obstruction leads to constricted oral breathing and causes postural alterations of several oro-facial structures, including the mouth, tongue, and hyoid bone. The postural modifications may affect several aspects of speech production.

Methods

In this study, we compared articulation...