Background Speech is the most common modality through which language is
communicated, and delayed, disordered, or absent speech production is a hallmark of many …

Oromotor functioning plays a foundational role in spoken communication and feeding, two
areas of significant difficulty for many autistic individuals. However, despite years of research …

In this updated edition, Olga Bogdashina provides a theoretical foundation for
understanding communication and language impairments specific to autism. She explores …

In this intelligent and incisive book, Olga Bogdashina explores old and new theories of
sensory perception and communication in autism. Drawing on linguistics, philosophy …

The purpose of this paper was to review best-practice methods of collecting and analyzing
speech production data from minimally verbal autistic speakers. Data on speech production …

Background 'Speech sound disorder'is an umbrella term that encompasses dysarthria,
articulation disorders, childhood apraxia of speech and phonological disorders. However …

This review describes a computational approach for modeling the development of speech
motor control in infants. We address the development of two levels of control: articulation of …

Background Communication difficulties are a core deficit in many people with autism
spectrum disorder (ASD). The current study evaluated neural activation in participants with …

Speech ability may limit spoken language development in some minimally verbal autistic
children. In this study, we aimed to determine whether an acoustic measure of speech …

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