The Founder of Czech Phoniatry Miloslav Seeman

The segment from the 1943 Český zvukový týdeník Aktualita (Czech Aktualita Sound Newsreel) Issue No. 37A informs about the work of Miloslav Seeman, founder of Czech phoniatrics. Footage of a phoniatric department filled with various devices. Miloslav Seeman demonstrates a speech therapy examination on children. He shapes their mouths while the children have to pronounce words or letters. Using a massage device he attempts to increase and improve the intensity of the voice and to correct pronunciation.