This position paper offers a perspective on the long-standing debate concerning the role of
oromotor, nonverbal gestures in understanding typical and disordered speech motor control …

Purpose: The oral structures such as the tongue and lips have remarkable somatosensory
capacities, but understanding the roles of somatosensation in speech production requires a …

Background and objectives: Patients suffering from neurological diseases may develop
dysarthria, a motor speech disorder affecting the execution of speech. Close and …

Introduction Speech breathing is a term usually used to refer to the manner in which expired
air and lung mechanics are utilized for the production of the airflow necessary for phonation …

Background Few studies have examined the relationship between oral functions and the
physical pre-frailty status, classified using physical function tests. This cross-sectional study …

Purpose: Literature on apraxia of speech (AOS) in Chinese speakers is sparse compared to
the English literature. This study aims to examine the pitch variation skills of Cantonese …

Despite the impacts of neurodegeneration on speech function, little is known about how to
comprehensively characterize the resulting speech abnormalities using a set of objective …

Purpose: The clinical diagnosis of motor speech disorders (MSDs) is mainly based on
perceptual approaches. However, studies on perceptual classification of MSDs often …

Oral diadochokinetic (DDK) tasks are common research and clinical tools used to test
oromotor skills across different age groups. They include alternating motion rate (AMR) and …

Abstract Background Aims To investigate the developmental trajectory of the rate and
perceptual assessment of oral diadochokinesis (DDK) in typically developing children …