Speech Impairment in Boys With Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders

Hayo Terband; Manon Spruit; Ben Maassen

doi:10.1044/2018_AJSLP-17-0013

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Speech Impairment in Boys With Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders

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Speech Impairment in Boys With Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders

Hayo Terband, Manon Spruit and Ben Maassen

American journal of speech-language pathology, Vol.27(4), pp.1405-1425

11/01/2018

DOI: 10.1044/2018_AJSLP-17-0013

PMID: 30398563

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Background: Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) are a highly prevalent spectrum of patterns of congenital defects resulting from prenatal exposure to alcohol. Approximately 90% of the cases involve speech impairment. Yet, to date, no detailed symptom profiles nor dedicated treatment plans are available for this population. Purpose: This study set out to chart the speech and speech motor characteristics in boys with FASD to profile the concomitant speech impairment and identify possible underlying mechanisms. Method: Ten boys with FASD (4.5-10.3 years old) and 26 typically developing children (4.1-8.7 years old; 14 boys, 12 girls) participated in the study. Speech production and perception, and oral motor data were collected by standardized tests. Results: The boys with FASD showed reduced scores on all tasks as well as a deviant pattern of correlations between production and perception tasks and intelligibility compared with the typically developing children. Speech motor profiles showed specific problems with nonword repetition and tongue control. Conclusions: Findings indicate that the speech impairment in boys with FASD results from a combination of deficits in multiple subsystems and should be approached as a disorder rather than a developmental delay. The results suggest that reduced speech motor planning/programming, auditory discrimination, and oral motor abilities should be considered in long-term, individually tailored treatment.

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Title: Subtitle: Speech Impairment in Boys With Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders
Creators: Hayo Terband - Utrecht University
Manon Spruit - Utrecht University
Ben Maassen - University of Groningen
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: American journal of speech-language pathology, Vol.27(4), pp.1405-1425
DOI: 10.1044/2018_AJSLP-17-0013
PMID: 30398563
NLM abbreviation: Am J Speech Lang Pathol
ISSN: 1058-0360
eISSN: 1558-9110
Publisher: AMER SPEECH-LANGUAGE-HEARING ASSOC
Number of pages: 21
Grant note: 2011/0165-060 / Dutch Rehabilitation Fund 275-89-016 / Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO-VENI)
Language: English
Date published: 11/01/2018
Academic Unit: Communication Sciences and Disorders
Record Identifier: 9984258851802771

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