This study aims to investigate the clinical efficacy of OPT combined with oral muscle localization therapy in improving voice intelligibility in children with functional disorders. In the study, 108 children who were medical examination in our hospital from September 2022 to March 2023, who met the Diagnostic criteria for FAD were selected as the study objects. And they were randomly divided into treatment and control group with 54 patients in each group. The control group used traditional voice training, and on the basis of the control group, lianquan point and Hegu point were selected for the treatment of oral acupoint point pressing and oral muscle positioning. After two courses of treatment (2 weeks), the voice intelligibility and improvement were assessed the oral motor function. The results showed that after two courses of treatment, the treatment score of the oral motor function scale was significantly higher than that of the control group (P <0.05), the score of the voice intelligibility sciale was significantly higher than the control group (P <0.05), so it was concluded that OPT oral muscle localization therapy combined with oral acupoints was significantly effective on improving the speech clarity in children with FAD.

Chong Yang, Yuan He, Ming Gao. The Curative Effect Analysis of OPT Oral Muscle Positioning Therapy Combined with Oral Acupoint Pressing on Improving the Speech Intelligibility of FAD Children. Academic Journal of Medicine & Health Sciences (2024), Vol. 5, Issue 9: 6-11. https://doi.org/10.25236/AJMHS.2024.050902.

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