About Speech
Speech is a basic physiologic function involving lungs, pharynx, oral and nasal cavities. It is a mode of communication of humans. It is produced by a stream of acoustic vibrations created by the flow of air through the vocal tract.
Since generation of speech sounds mainly occur at oro-pharyngeal region tissue abnormalities in this area can affect speech. These structural and functional tissue abnormalities may be arising from a disorder or as a result of treatment procedures.
