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...