Stuttering and lisping . method. A small rubber bulb is placed between the lips and is attached tothe recording tambour. stretched and smoked over a flame. The point ofthe lever of the recording tambour is adjusted to 24 STUTTERING AND LISPING Fig. 4. — Lip record of a stutterers attempt to say the first letter inthe word Peter. Instead of a single pressure the stutterer makes repeated con-tractions. touch the paper; it draws a white line in the soot. The paper is afterwards removed and the record isfixed in shellac varnish. To record the breath-ing movements the pneu-mograph is hung over thec
Stuttering and lisping . method. A small rubber bulb is placed between the lips and is attached tothe recording tambour. stretched and smoked over a flame. The point ofthe lever of the recording tambour is adjusted to 24 STUTTERING AND LISPING Fig. 4. — Lip record of a stutterers attempt to say the first letter inthe word Peter. Instead of a single pressure the stutterer makes repeated con-tractions. touch the paper; it draws a white line in the soot. The paper is afterwards removed and the record isfixed in shellac varnish. To record the breath-ing movements the pneu-mograph is hung over thechest or the abdomen bya tape around the record reproduced inFig. 2 is from a womanwhose abdomen madeviolent movements out-ward during certain con-sonants. The records Fig. 5. — Recording the movements of the tongue. show the movement s for A small rubber bulb is placed _ in front of or on the tongue and ordinary breathing and is connected to the recording . the spasins during the attempt to say SYMPTOMS, FORMS, NATURE 25 The cramps of the lips may be recorded by insertingbetween them a small rubber bulb (Fig. 3) and con- Fig. 6. — Record of a stutterers cramps of the tongue in attempting tosay Tommy. necting it to a recording tambour as describedabove. Pressure of the lips makes the line rise. Therecord of the movement of the lips in an attemptof a stutterer to say Peter is given in Fig. 4. Inspite of the long series of convulsive movements thepatient could not get beyond the letter p. The cramps of the point of the tongue may berecorded by inserting a similar bulb behind theteeth so that the tip of the tongue rests against it(Fig. 5); pressure of the tongue makes the line result of an effort to say Tommy is given inFig. 6. There is first a violent spasm of the tongueand then a series of smaller ones. Most interesting records are obtained by a mouthrecorder. A funnel of rubber (the top of a large 26 STUTTERING AND LISPING stomach tube) is
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