Estimates of the prevalence of motor speech disorders in children with idiopathic speech delay.

ABSTRACT: The goal of this research was to obtain initial estimates of the prevalence of each of four types of motor speech disorders in children with idiopathic Speech Delay (SD) and to use findings to estimate the population-based prevalence of each disorder. Analyses were completed on audio-recorded conversational speech samples from 415 children recruited for research in idiopathic SD in six USA cities during the past three decades. The speech and motor speech status of each participant was cross-classified using standardized measures in the finalized version of the Speech Disorders Classification System described in the Supplement. Population-based prevalence estimates for the four motor speech disorders were calculated from epidemiological studies of SD conducted in Australia, England, and the

SUBMITTER: Shriberg LD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6633906 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature