Children with Down syndrome have motor speech deficits but if they are inadequately diagnosed, it could have a major impact on the interventions used by speech pathologists when treating patients.

More information: Vani Rupela et al. Motor speech skills in children with Down syndrome: A descriptive study, International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology (2016). DOI: 10.3109/17549507.2015. ...

Dysarthria is a problem with parts of your nervous system that affects speech. It comes in several types that each affect speech in different ways. In speech therapy, you can learn exercises and ...

Children with Down syndrome who have motor speech disorder characteristics have historically been diagnosed as having childhood dysarthria. Meanwhile, symptoms of childhood apraxia of speech may ...

They also analyzed the motor speech and non-speech oral motor skills of all participants using an investigator checklist of characteristics of apraxia, dysarthria as well as other non-specified ...

They also analyzed the motor speech and non-speech oral motor skills of all participants using an investigator checklist of characteristics of apraxia, dysarthria as well as other non-specified motor ...

They also analyzed the motor speech and non-speech oral motor skills of all participants using an investigator checklist of characteristics of apraxia, dysarthria as well as other non-specified motor ...