Children with apraxia of speech have great difficulty planning and producing the speech movements they need to make with their tongue, lips, jaw and velum, or soft palate, to form words.

No one, she says, would ever know he had apraxia and intensive speech therapy. At the Speech-Language Institute, part of Midwestern University’s Multispecialty Clinic in Downers Grove, Speech-Language ...

In childhood apraxia of speech (CAS), children exhibit varying levels of speech intelligibility depending on the nature of errors in articulation and prosody. Augmentative and alternative ...

Apraxia of speech (AOS) is a disorder affecting speech. A person with AOS knows what they’d like to say but has difficulty getting their lips, jaw, or tongue to move in the proper way. To speak ...

Recent reports indicate an increase in the number of kids diagnosed with childhood apraxia of speech (CAS), a motor speech disorder in which children have difficulty saying basic words and sounds.

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - A nonprofit will hold a walk to benefit children with apraxia of speech in Topeka. Apraxia Kids officials said the 2023 Topeka Walk for Apraxia event will take place at 10 a ...

Apraxia of speech impairs the brain pathways that are necessary for planning and coordinating movements for speech. As a result, the signals from the brain do not properly reach the mouth.

Bend's third annual Walk for Apraxia event took place Sunday, to raise awareness about the motor speech disorder. It was held at the Healing Reins Therapeutic Riding Center, where families ...

While there are a variety of speech-related symptoms that can be associated with apraxia, including: Difficulty putting syllables together in the right order to make words, or an inability to do so.

Deeper investigation into the speech sound deficits in children with ASD may be vital for designing ultimate rehabilitation programs for these children. References Tierney, C. et al (2015).