Although there is substantial rationale for a motor component in the speech of persons with
Down syndrome (DS), there presently are no published estimates of the prevalence of …

Purpose: Motor speech characteristics of children with Down syndrome (DS) have
historically been viewed as either Childhood Dysarthria (CD) or, more infrequently, as …

Speech disorders occur commonly in individuals with Down syndrome (DS), although data
regarding the auditory-perceptual speech features are limited. This descriptive study …

Background: Children and young people with Down's syndrome present with deficits in
expressive speech and language, accompanied by strengths in vocabulary comprehension …

Purpose The aim of this study was to determine how the speech disorder profiles in Down
syndrome (DS) relate to reduced intelligibility, atypical overall quality, and impairments in …

Purpose This review summarizes research on disorders of speech production in Down
syndrome (DS) for the purposes of informing clinical services and guiding future research …

Since impairments in articulation are common in the population with Down syndrome, it was
hypothesized that deficits in speech timing would also occur. Acoustic analysis was used to …

The goal of this research was to assess the support for motor speech disorders as
explanatory constructs to guide research and treatment of reduced intelligibility in persons …

Phonotactic patterns of seven 11–15‐year‐old Kannada speaking children with Down
syndrome (DS), mental age matched children with mental retardation (MR) without DS and …

Background This study examines speech production accuracy in children with Down
syndrome and concurrent relationships with hearing, language and reading ability. It also …