Dysarthria is a condition which hampers the ability of an individual to control muscles that play major role in speech delivery. The loss fine over assist movement lips, vocal chords, tongue and diaphragm results abnormal One can assess severity level dysarthria by analyzing intelligibility spoken individual. Continuous assessment helps language pathologists not only study impact medication but...

The clinical assessment of language impairment (LI) in bilingual children imposes challenges for speech-language pathology services. Assessment tools standardized for monolingual populations increase the risk of misinterpreting bilingualism as LI. This Perspective article summarizes recent studies on the assessment of bilingual LI and presents new results on including non-linguistic measures of...

Traditional speech processing methods for laryngeal pathology assessment assume linear speech production, with measures derived from an estimated glottal ow waveform. They normally require the speaker to achieve complete glottal closure, which for many vocal fold pathologies cannot be accomplished. To address this, a nonlinear signal processing approach is proposed which employs a di erential T...

PURPOSE This study systematically reviews the literature on the main tools used to evaluate childhood apraxia of speech (CAS). RESEARCH STRATEGY The search strategy includes Scopus, PubMed, and Embase databases. SELECTION CRITERIA Empirical studies that used tools for assessing CAS were selected. DATA ANALYSIS Articles were selected by two independent researchers. RESULTS The search ret...

Children born with palatal clefts are at risk for speech/language delay and speech problems related to palatal insufficiency. These individuals require regular speech evaluations, starting in the first year of life and often continuing into adulthood. The primary role of the speech pathologist on the cleft palate/craniofacial team is to evaluate whether deviations in oral cavity structures, suc...

To optimize tracheoesophageal (TO) speech after total laryngectomy, it is vital to have a robust tool of assessment to help investigate deficiencies, document changes, and facilitate therapy. We sought to evaluate and validate electroglottography (EGG) as an important tool in the multidimensional assessment of TO speech. This study is a cross-sectional study of the largest cohort of TO speakers...