Background: Children with speech disorder are a heterogeneous group (eg in terms of
severity, types of errors and underlying causal factors). Much research has ignored this …

Developmental speech disorder is accounted for by theories derived from psychology,
psycholinguistics, linguistics and medicine, with researchers developing assessment …

Treatment case studies of three children whose speech was characterized by non-
developmental errors are described. Three therapy methods were trialed with each child …

Background: Single case studies are a valuable means of providing information about the
outcomes of speech and language intervention. Many previous studies have used …

Aim: The cognitive-linguistic abilities of 2 subgroups of children with speech impairment
were compared to better understand underlying deficits that might influence effective …

Theoretical accounts and clinical management of pediatric speech sound disorders (SSD)
are limited by previous research. Participants' speech difficulties have been inadequately …

The aim of this Campbell systematic review is to examine the effectiveness of speech and
language interventions for children with primary speech and language delay/disorder. Thirty …

Thirty children of preschool age with severe phonological disorders were randomly
assigned to two treatment groups. Group 1 received treatment for 4 months followed by 4 …

Purpose Clinicians do not have an evidence base they can use to recommend optimum
intervention intensity for preschool children who present with speech sound disorder (SSD) …

Unintelligible speech in childhood is often characterised by the use of unusual or deviant (ie
non‐developmental) phonological processes, eg initial consonant deletion. These …