Purpose While the speech motor system is sensitive to feedback perturbations, sensory
feedback does not seem to be critical to speech motor production. How the speech motor …

Purpose Literature was reviewed on the development of vowels in children's speech and on
vowel disorders in children and adults, with an emphasis on studies using acoustic methods …

Background: Differential diagnosis and treatment planning of developmental speech
disorders (DSD) remains a major challenge in paediatric speech-language pathology …

It is known that some adult listeners have more sharply defined perceptual categories than
others, and listeners with more precise auditory targets are also more precise in their …

Purpose Current approaches to speech production aim to explain adult behavior and so
make assumptions that, when taken to their logical conclusion, fail to adequately account for …

The present study focuses on differences in lingual coarticulation between French children
and adults. The specific question pursued is whether 4–5 year old children have already …

Background/purpose Several studies indicate a close relation between auditory and speech
motor functions in children with speech sound disorders (SSD). The aim of this study was to …

This study evaluates kinematic movements of the jaw and lips in six children (3–11 years)
with moderate-to-severe speech impairment associated with cerebral palsy before, during …

Background Hearing ability is essential for normal speech development, however the
precise mechanisms linking auditory input and the improvement of speaking ability remain …

Purpose The ability to hear ourselves speak has been shown to play an important role in the
development and maintenance of fluent and coherent speech. Despite this, little is known …