BACKGROUND Rhythmic disturbances are a hallmark of motor speech disorders, in which the motor control deficits interfere with the outward flow of speech and by extension speech understanding. As the functions of rhythm are language-specific, breakdowns in rhythm should have language-specific consequences for communication. OBJECTIVE The goals of this paper are to (i) provide a review of the c...

Objective: It is extremely common for adults to use inner speech to regulate their behavior. Despite this, little is known about the underlying processes that may explain why people use inner speech differently. This study aimed to determine the relationship between different types of inner speech with symptoms of anxiety, depression, somatization, and distress in normal people. Methods: The r...

This report describes three extensions to a classification system for paediatric speech sound disorders termed the Speech Disorders Classification System (SDCS). Part I describes a classification extension to the SDCS to differentiate motor speech disorders from speech delay and to differentiate among three sub-types of motor speech disorders. Part II describes the Madison Speech Assessment Pro...

PART II: ACQUIRED BRAIN-BASED COMMUNICATION DISORDERS: WHAT DO THESE DISORDERS LOOK LIKE AND SOUND LIKE? 4 Aphasia 81 5 Nonfocal Brain Damage: Communication Disorders and a World 101 of Other Problems 6 Right Hemisphere Syndrome 125 7 Acquired Aphasia in Childhood 151 8 Motor Speech Disorders in Adults: Dysarthrias and Apraxia of Speech 165 9 Motor Speech Disorders in Childhood 187 10 Acquired ...

objectives: this study aimed to evaluate the psychometric properties of the srt that was performed in 4-6 year-old persian-speaking children. the srt is a nonword repetition task that assesses phonological working memory and was designed by shriberg in 2008. methods: the present research was a non-experimental study with a methodological design. the content validity of the task was evaluated by...

Purpose An efficient and reliable way to categorize children's communication impairments based on routine clinical assessments is needed inform research decisions. This preliminary study assessed interrater reliability of speech-language pathologists' categorization preschoolers' speech, language, using a consensus document. Method Six pathologists at three community sites worked in pairs asses...

Background: validation of a screening test to detect speech disorders in children. Aim: to present validation data of a new speech disorders screening test (Terdaf), developed by Brazilian researchers. Method: 2,027 children, of both genders, enrolled in the first grade of elementary public schools in Canoas (Brazil) during 2001 were selected by a probabilistic cluster sampling. In order to ver...