Speech sound disorders are a common communication impairment in childhood. Because
speech disorders can negatively affect the lives and the development of children, clinical …

Background Children with cleft lip and palate can continue to have problems producing
clear speech after surgery. This can lead to social, emotional, and educational challenges …

ABSTRACT Ultrasound Tongue Imaging is increasingly used during assessment and
treatment of speech sound disorders. Recent literature has shown that ultrasound is also …

This study aims to determine whether adding an additional modality (ultrasound tongue
imaging) improves the inter-rater reliability of phonetic transcription in childhood speech …

Objective This study aimed to determine whether increased raising of the back of the tongue
is evident in children with repaired cleft palate with or without cleft lip (CP+/-CL). We …

This chapter describes ultrasound equipment and analysis followed by an overview of the
type of speech errors which can be viewed with Ultrasound Tongue Imaging (UTI). An …

Gradient speech change, where speech sound production develops in a broadly step-wise
fashion towards the standard adult form, is a well-recognised phenomenon in children …

The current study aimed to assess the effectiveness of incorporating ultrasound visual
biofeedback (UVB) into a treatment programme addressing persistent speech sound …

Ultrasound tongue imaging is becoming popular as a tool for both phonetic research and
biofeedback for treating speech sound disorders. Despite this, it has not yet been adopted …

Objectives: To explore the tongue movement patterns on Mandarin speaking children with
repaired cleft palate with lateralized and palatalized misarticulation (LPM) using ultrasound …