Purpose The aim of this study was to provide a cross-linguistic review of acquisition of
consonant phonemes to inform speech-language pathologists' expectations of children's …

Purpose Speech-language pathologists' clinical decision making and consideration of
eligibility for services rely on quality evidence, including information about consonant …

We estimate the prevalence of speech delay (LD Shriberg, D. Austin, BA Lewis, JL
McSweeny, & DL Wilson, 1997b) in the United States on the basis of findings from a …

Speech and prosody-voice profiles for 15 male speakers with High-Functioning Autism
(HFA) and 15 male speakers with Asperger syndrome (AS) were compared to one another …

Purpose To describe a new measure of functional intelligibility, the Intelligibility in Context
Scale (ICS), and evaluate its validity, reliability, and sensitivity using 3 clinical measures of …

Paediatric speech and language therapists are challenged by diminished resources and
increasingly complex caseloads. The new edition addresses their concerns. Norms for …

The external ear or pinna (auricle) collects sound, which passes along the external auditory
canal to the eardrum (tympanic membrane)(Fig. 2.1). The middle ear (tympanum) is a cavity …

This article addresses the need for age-relevant outcome measures for traumatic brain injury
(TBI) research and summarizes the recommendations by the inter-agency Pediatric TBI …

Purpose The gold standard for diagnosing childhood apraxia of speech (CAS) is expert
judgment of perceptual features. The aim of this study was to identify a set of objective …

Purpose The purpose of this study was to determine prevalence and predictors of persistent
speech sound disorder (SSD) in children aged 8 years after disregarding children …