Purpose This article describes the developmental trajectories of four communication-related
parameters (ie, intelligibility, articulation rate, fluency, and communicative efficiency) in a …

The purpose of this study was to examine potential differences in the predictors of
expressive vocabulary development between children with Down syndrome and typically …

Purpose: Atypical vowel production contributes to reduced speech intelligibility in children
and adults with Down syndrome (DS). This study compares the acoustic data of the corner …

Purpose: The achievement of speech intelligibility by persons with Down syndrome
facilitates their participation in society. Denial of speech therapy services by virtue of low …

Background Electropalatography (EPG) records details of the location and timing of tongue
contacts with the hard palate during speech. It has been effective in treating articulation …

Purpose: Motor deficits are widely documented among autistic individuals, and speech
characteristics consistent with a motor speech disorder have been reported in prior …

Purpose: This study examined the effects of an intensive voice treatment Lee Silverman
Voice Treatment (LSVT LOUD) on children with Down syndrome (DS) and motor speech …

The primary aim was to describe speech and language abilities in a clinical group of verbal
5-year-old children diagnosed with neurological disability (ND) in infancy, and the …

Producing speech that is clear, audible, and intelligible to others is a challenge for many
children with cerebral palsy (CP) and children with Down syndrome (DS). Previous studies …

Purpose Speech-language pathologists report difficulty in the accurate differential diagnosis
of complex speech presentations. This paper explores possible reasons for diagnostic …