Background This study investigated the effect of speech therapy in a heterogeneous group
of adults with intellectual disability. Method Thirty‐six adults with mild and moderate …

Purpose: Adults with intellectual disabilities (ID) often show reduced speech intelligibility,
which affects their social interaction skills. This study aims to establish the main predictors of …

Background A significant proportion of adults with intellectual disabilities (ID) experience
speech, language and communication difficulties which are associated with poor physical …

Background Individuals with developmental dysarthria typically demonstrate reduced
functioning of one or more of the speech subsystems, which negatively impacts speech …

Background In individuals with an intellectual disability, speech dysfluencies are more
common than in the general population. In clinical practice, these fluency disorders are …

Objective: this article discusses the effect of speech therapy on language comprehension,
language production and non-verbal functioning in two groups of children with …

ABSTRACT A small body of research and reports from educational and clinical practice
suggest that teaching literacy skills may facilitate the development of speech sound …

Promoting effective speech, language, and communication is almost always a central issue
in the treatment and education of children with mental retardation and other developmental …

Purpose We evaluated the effects of a speech supplementation strategy to reduce rate and
improve intelligibility in children with cerebral palsy. Method Twenty-five children with …

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 …