Background: Speech and language pathologists should include connected speech assessment as part of their evaluation for children with speech sound disorders. The purpose of the present study was to design and validate an instrument for assessment of articulation by story-retelling for Persian children.Methods: 261 typically developing children, aged 4-5 years old in Iran, Tehran, in 2016-2017, ...

The distal radioulnar joint (DRUJ) is a complex articulation allowing significant rotational and translational motion. Stability of the DRUJ depends on bony contact, intrinsic stabilizers of the triangular fibrocartilage complex, and extrinsic stabilizers of the distal forearm. Understanding the anatomy of this articulation is paramount in clinical decision making for the treatment of disorders...

This paper presents results of ultrasonic examination of changes in tongue shape during the process of articulation of vowels by people (without pronunciation disorders). The position of the tongue while pronouncing a definite vowel and the influence of individual anatomical differences upon the tongue shape were examined. Results are presented as ultrasonograms obtained in the Band TM-type pre...

PURPOSE The primary aim of this study was to examine differences in speech/language and written language skills between children with suspected childhood apraxia of speech (CAS) and children with other speech-sound disorders at school age. METHOD Ten children (7 males and 3 females) who were clinically diagnosed with CAS (CAS group) were followed from the preschool years (ages 4-6) to school ...

UNLABELLED This study used a mail survey to determine the (a) percentage of children who stutter with co-occurring non-speech disorders, speech disorders, and language disorders, and (b) frequency, length of sessions, and type of treatment services provided for children who stutter with co-occurring disorders. Respondents from a nationwide sample included 1184 speech-language pathologists (SLPs...

Speech disorders in ankyloglossia, especially in the young children, were studied from various clinical points and the treatment method was discussed. The subjects were classified into Group A of over 5 years of age and Group B of less than 5 years of age, and also they were classified into Patterns I to IV, according to the site of articulation of the tongue. Then the subjects were discussed f...

Verbal children with autism often present communication difficulties such as articulation disorders. As a result they are not able to communicate effectively and sometimes their attempts may take the form of challenging behaviors. Previous studies have demonstrated efficacy video-modeling in increasing skills verbal autism. Moreover other shown that video-modeling, treatment package, can mainta...