NIH R01 · 2025
PROJECT SUMMARY Childhood apraxia of speech (CAS) and dysarthria are two neurological motor speech disorders that can have long-term negative effects on communication and participation for 1-2/1000 children in the general population and up to 80% of children with other neurodevelopmental, genetic or metabolic disorders. Although CAS and dysarthria have distinct neural bases, they can be challenging to differentially diagnose because several of the speech features used for diagnosis overlap between the disorders and can also be present in young children with typical development (e.g., slow rate, consonant distortions). Currently, no validated assessments exist that speech-language…
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