Background The effectiveness of two treatment approaches (phonological therapy and
articulation therapy) for treatment of 14 children, aged 4; 0–6; 7 years, with phonologically …

The current study was undertaken to investigate the impact of speech motor issues on the
speech intelligibility of children with moderate to severe speech sound disorders (SSD) …

Purpose Reduced speech intelligibility limits functional communication for many children
with motor speech disorders, and improving intelligibility is often a primary goal of …

The paucity of evidence and detail in the literature regarding speech treatment for children
with dysarthria due to cerebral palsy (CP) renders it difficult for researchers to replicate …

Background Intelligibility is a speaker's ability to convey a message to a listener. Including
an assessment of intelligibility is essential in both research and clinical work relating to …

Purpose The purpose of this study was to explore the extent to which child-and therapy-level
factors contribute to gains in speech sound production accuracy for children with speech …

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 …

Children with speech sound disorders (SSD) represent a large number of speech and
language therapists' caseloads. The intervention with children who have SSD can involve …

Accurate measurement of speech intelligibility is a critical component for the assessment of
children's disordered phonologies. The degree of intelligibility has important implications for …

Improvement or maintenance of speech intelligibility is a central aim in a whole range of
conditions in speech–language therapy, both developmental and acquired. Best clinical …