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

  • Cull, Richard
Date:
1833
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Credit: Observations on impediments of speech : with some remarks on their successful treatment. In a letter addressed to T.J. Pettigrew ... / by Richard Cull. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    become so familiar as for whole sentences to be produced, containing very complicated combinations of sound, by one act of volition, and in the course of time, until they even think in French. Those who are accustomed to teach languages find a great diversity in the power of correct pronunciation in different pupils: some acquire it at first hearing the words pronounced, while others require not only considerable time, but even many efforts, after the mechanical formation or position of the inner as well as the outer mouth are exhibited to the eye (in conjunction with the sound to the ear), before they can gain it. There are, notwithstanding, great differences in that power of volition in the same indivi¬ duals at different times. Now in impediments of the voice, it is evident the defect must be in the larynx, and when it is discovered to be a loss of power over its continuance, it will be found to arise from a spasmodic dosing of the glottis : such persons will generally be able to sing, and some to read poetry, without betraying any defect. The reason is this, that in singing, the stream of voice never stops; and in read¬ ing poetry, it should seldom be interrupted :* now for the stream of voice to flow, it is
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