We address explanatory issues raised by prior ® ndings on the prosody-voice characteristics of suspected apraxia of speech in children (AOSc). Prosodyvoice patterns for 14 adults with apraxia of speech (AOS) were compared to the prosody-voice patterns of 14 children with suspected apraxia of speech and inappropriate stress (AOSci) using the same assessment instruments and analysis methods.Compa...

our review of apraxia following deep cerebral lesion and we acknowledge their priority in the investigation of this subject. We are not certain, however, that the evidence they have presented in support of the deep nuclei involvement in limb apraxia is compelling. Most of their patients scored 15 out of 20 on the imitation test, which is just two points below the cut-off score reported by De Re...

UNLABELLED The purpose of this report is to describe an initial version of the Apraxia of Speech Rating Scale (ASRS), a scale designed to quantify the presence or absence, relative frequency, and severity of characteristics frequently associated with apraxia of speech (AOS). In this paper we report intra-judge and inter-judge reliability, as well as indices of validity, for the ASRS which was c...

After more than a century, Hugo Liepmann continues to hold a special position in elucidating the anatomy that underpins laterality of motor control (handedness). In this note, I will provide data as to the reason behind the right-sidedness of the apraxia in this patient, elucidating the exceptional laterality of his symptom (apraxia). Introduced to us as The Imperial Counselor, 1 the patient ha...

Joubert syndrome (JS) is a rare autosomal dominant gene disorder that heterogeneously inherited and manifests itself as hypotonia, ataxia, breathing abnormalities, developmental delay, intellectual disabilities, oculomotor apraxia, brain malformation [1-3].

OBJECTIVE to study the underlying cognitive deficits influencing a stroke patient's ability to relearn to dress. The aim was to investigate how recovery had occurred and whether the nature of cognitive impairment was the reason for persistent dressing problems. METHODS the dressing performance of 30 stroke patients was compared at the sub-acute stage and three months later. Standardised cogni...

Non-symbolic axial movements were examined and compared to oral and limb movements in a group of 60 aphasic patients (15 of each major subgroup) with exclusively left-sided brain damage. The contention in the literature that axial movements are preserved in patients with ideomotor limb apraxia was not confirmed.

The Childhood Apraxia of Speech Intensive Training Institute (Apraxia Bootcamp) was designed as a means by which our organization could strategically identify and intensively train qualified and interested speech-language pathologists in order to BOOST their clinical expertise in the diagnosis and treatment of CAS. It is intended to provide North American-based speech-language pathologists, who...

This critical review examines the evidence from studies on the effectiveness of PROMPT therapy in the treatment of individuals with acquired apraxia of speech and coexisting aphasia. Four studies that met search criteria were obtained, all of which used single-subject multiple-baseline designs. This evidence-based literature review suggests that PROMPT therapy may be an effective treatment for ...