Background: There has been no previous incidence survey of children referred to a speech
and language therapy service in the UK. Previous studies of prevalence of specific …

Of 1100 children referred to a mainstream paediatric speech and language therapy service
in a 15-month period (January 1999 to April 2000), 320 had primary speech impairment. No …

Background: The UK government set up a review of provision for children and young people
with the full range of speech, language and communication needs led by a Member of …

Planning speech therapy services is difficult as the size of the speech and language
handicapped population is not known. A literature review has been undertaken to determine …

Background: Previous studies have highlighted the level of communication difficulty
experienced by children from socially disadvantaged backgrounds, but the pattern of …

Background: A randomized controlled trial was conducted of a whole‐service cohort of
children referred to the Paediatric Speech and Language Therapy Service of Middlesbrough …

Speech impairment (speech sound disorder) is a high prevalence condition that responds
well to early intervention provided by speech-language pathologists (SLPs). However, not …

Objective: To describe the reported prevalence, comorbidity and socioeconomic status
(SES) of children with speech disorders. Methodology: Data from the 1995 Australian Health …

Speech-language problems are the most common disability of childhood yet they are the
least well detected, particularly in primary care settings. The goal of this article is to:(1) …

Background: Children with specific speech and language difficulties (SSLD) pose a
challenge to the education system, and to speech and language therapists who support …