Assessment of Childhood Apraxia of Speech: A Review/Tutorial of Objective Measurement Techniques

Hayo Terband; Aravind Namasivayam; Edwin Maas; Frits van Brenk; Marja-Liisa Mailend; Sanne Diepeveen; Pascal van Lieshout; Ben Maassen

doi:10.1044/2019_JSLHR-S-CSMC7-19-0214

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Assessment of Childhood Apraxia of Speech: A Review/Tutorial of Objective Measurement Techniques

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Assessment of Childhood Apraxia of Speech: A Review/Tutorial of Objective Measurement Techniques

Hayo Terband, Aravind Namasivayam, Edwin Maas, Frits van Brenk, Marja-Liisa Mailend, Sanne Diepeveen, Pascal van Lieshout and Ben Maassen

Journal of speech, language, and hearing research, Vol.62(8), pp.2999-3032

08/01/2019

DOI: 10.1044/2019_JSLHR-S-CSMC7-19-0214

PMID: 31465704

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Background: With respect to the clinical criteria for diagnosing childhood apraxia of speech (commonly defined as a disorder of speech motor planning and/or programming), research has made important progress in recent years. Three segmental and suprasegmental speech characteristics-error inconsistency, lengthened and disrupted coarticulation, and inappropriate prosody-have gained wide acceptance in the literature for purposes of participant selection. However, little research has sought to empirically test the diagnostic validity of these features. One major obstacle to such empirical study is the fact that none of these features is stated in operationalized terms. Purpose: This tutorial provides a structured overview of perceptual, acoustic, and articulatory measurement procedures that have been used or could be used to operationalize and assess these 3 core characteristics. Methodological details are reviewed for each procedure, along with a short overview of research results reported in the literature. Conclusion: The 3 types of measurement procedures should be seen as complementary. Some characteristics are better suited to be described at the perceptual level (especially phonemic errors and prosody), others at the acoustic level (especially phonetic distortions, coarticulation, and prosody), and still others at the kinematic level (especially coarticulation, stability, and gestural coordination). The type of data collected determines, to a large extent, the interpretation that can be given regarding the underlying deficit. Comprehensive studies are needed that include more than 1 diagnostic feature and more than 1 type of measurement procedure.

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Title: Subtitle: Assessment of Childhood Apraxia of Speech: A Review/Tutorial of Objective Measurement Techniques
Creators: Hayo Terband - Utrecht University
Aravind Namasivayam - University of Toronto
Edwin Maas - Temple University
Frits van Brenk - University at Buffalo, State University of New York
Marja-Liisa Mailend - Moss Rehabilitation Hospital
Sanne Diepeveen - Radboud University Nijmegen
Pascal van Lieshout - University of Toronto
Ben Maassen - University of Groningen
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Journal of speech, language, and hearing research, Vol.62(8), pp.2999-3032
DOI: 10.1044/2019_JSLHR-S-CSMC7-19-0214
PMID: 31465704
NLM abbreviation: J Speech Lang Hear Res
ISSN: 1092-4388
eISSN: 1558-9102
Publisher: AMER SPEECH-LANGUAGE-HEARING ASSOC
Number of pages: 34
Language: English
Date published: 08/01/2019
Academic Unit: Communication Sciences and Disorders
Record Identifier: 9984258851602771

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