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ASHA published a Special Edition of the Journal of Speech-Language Hearing Research that has 15 selected articles from presentations delivered at the Apraxia Kids July, 2022 Research Symposium held in Las Vegas. The articles include research findings, clinical focus papers, and tutorials. Click the arrows to see each summary written by the authors and a link to the article.

JSHR Special Issue from the Apraxia Kids 2022 Research Symposium

Research Priorities for CAS: A Long View

Summary by Tricia McCabe and Molly Beiting This free (open...

November 12, 2024

Speech and Music Therapy in the Treatment of Childhood Apraxia of Speech: An Introduction and a Case Study

Summary by Mirjam van Tellingen, PhD Childhood Apraxia of Speech...

November 12, 2024

Update on Identification and Treatment of Infants and Toddlers With Suspected Childhood Apraxia of Speech

Summary by Chantelle Highman, PhD Parents and SLPs often want...

November 12, 2024

The Reliability of Expert Diagnosis of Childhood Apraxia of Speech

Summary by Elizabeth Murray, PhD We wanted to determine whether...

November 12, 2024

Virtual Post-Intervention Speech and Language Assessment of Toddler and Preschool Participants in Babble Boot Camp

Summary by Nancy Potter, PhD Babble Boot Camp (BBC) is...

November 12, 2024

The Relationship Between Speech Accuracy and Linguistic Measures in Narrative Retells of Children With Speech Sound Disorders

Summary by Julie Case, PhD Speech sound disorders (SSD), including...

November 12, 2024

Dynamic Temporal and Tactile Cueing: Quantifying Speech Motor Changes and Individual Factors that Contribute to Treatment Gains in Childhood Apraxia of Speech

Summary by Maria Grigos, PhD This study explored the speech...

November 12, 2024

Naïve Listener Ratings of Speech Intelligibility Over the Course of Motor-Based Intervention in Children with Childhood Apraxia of Speech

Summary by Emily Wang, M. & Maria Grigos, PhD Speech...

November 12, 2024

Weekly Treatment for Childhood Apraxia of Speech With Rapid Syllable Transition Treatment: A Single-Case Experimental Design Study

Summary by Donna Thomas PhD In many countries around the...

November 12, 2024

A Randomized Controlled Trial of Treatment Distribution and Biofeedback Effect on Speech Production in School-Age Children with Apraxia of Speech

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November 12, 2024

An Investigation of Barriers And Enablers for Genetics in Speech-Language Pathology Explored Through a Case Study of Childhood Apraxia of Speech

Summary by Marianna Lauretta, PhD Speech-language pathologists are a group...

November 12, 2024

Relations Between Selective Mutism and Speech Sound Disorder in Children with 7q11.23 Duplication Syndrome

Summary by Shelley Velleman, PhD 7q11.23 duplication syndrome (Dup7) is...

November 12, 2024

Long-term Outcomes for Individuals with Childhood Apraxia of Speech

Summary by Barbara Lewis, PhD There is a critical need...

November 12, 2024

Preliminary Speech Perception Performance Profiles of School-Age Children With Childhood Apraxia of Speech, Speech Sound Disorder, and Typical Development

Summary by Elaine Hitchcock, PhD There is very little research...

November 12, 2024

Treatment for Childhood Apraxia of Speech Past, Present, and Future

Summary by Edwin Maas, PhD In recent years, there has...

November 12, 2024

ASHA Special Interest Group #2 (Neurogenic Communication Disorders) published a special forum on Advances in Research and Clinical Management of Childhood Apraxia of Speech in their August 2020 Perspectives Journal. It included 7 articles on CAS research, clinical topics and tutorials some of which are summarized below with links to the articles.

ASHA Perspective’s Forum Published August 2020

Differences between School-Aged Children with Apraxia of Speech and Other Speech Sound Disorders on Multisyllable Repetition

Nina R Benway and Jonathan L Preston published an article...

July 29, 2020

Childhood Apraxia of Speech: Clinical Decision Making from a Motor-Based Perspective

Ruth Stoeckel and Susan Caspari published an article titled Childhood...

July 22, 2020

Selected pertinent articles from 2019 forward are summarized below on a variety of topics around CAS.

Additional Published Research Summaries

A Pilot Randomized Control Trial of Motor-Based Treatments for Childhood Apraxia of Speech: Rapid Syllable Transition Treatment and Ultrasound Biofeedback

There is a real need to show that treatments for...

March 20, 2023

Volubility, Consonant Emergence, and Syllabic Structure in Infants and Toddlers Later Diagnosed With Childhood Apraxia of Speech . . .

Published in June of 2019, this research outlines preliminary findings...

June 19, 2019

Research – Estimates of the Prevalence of Motor Speech Disorders in Children with Idiopathic Speech Delay

L.D. Shriberg, J. Kwiatkowski, & H.L. Mabie April, 2019 Childhood...

April 15, 2019

Published Article Summaries

JSHR Special Issue from the Apraxia Kids 2022 Research Symposium

Research Priorities for CAS: A Long View

Speech and Music Therapy in the Treatment of Childhood Apraxia of Speech: An Introduction and a Case Study

Update on Identification and Treatment of Infants and Toddlers With Suspected Childhood Apraxia of Speech

The Reliability of Expert Diagnosis of Childhood Apraxia of Speech

Virtual Post-Intervention Speech and Language Assessment of Toddler and Preschool Participants in Babble Boot Camp

The Relationship Between Speech Accuracy and Linguistic Measures in Narrative Retells of Children With Speech Sound Disorders

Dynamic Temporal and Tactile Cueing: Quantifying Speech Motor Changes and Individual Factors that Contribute to Treatment Gains in Childhood Apraxia of Speech

Naïve Listener Ratings of Speech Intelligibility Over the Course of Motor-Based Intervention in Children with Childhood Apraxia of Speech

Weekly Treatment for Childhood Apraxia of Speech With Rapid Syllable Transition Treatment: A Single-Case Experimental Design Study

A Randomized Controlled Trial of Treatment Distribution and Biofeedback Effect on Speech Production in School-Age Children with Apraxia of Speech

An Investigation of Barriers And Enablers for Genetics in Speech-Language Pathology Explored Through a Case Study of Childhood Apraxia of Speech

Relations Between Selective Mutism and Speech Sound Disorder in Children with 7q11.23 Duplication Syndrome

Long-term Outcomes for Individuals with Childhood Apraxia of Speech

Preliminary Speech Perception Performance Profiles of School-Age Children With Childhood Apraxia of Speech, Speech Sound Disorder, and Typical Development

Treatment for Childhood Apraxia of Speech Past, Present, and Future

ASHA Perspective’s Forum Published August 2020

What Does It Mean to Be Social? Defining the Social Landscape for Children With Childhood Apraxia of Speech

How the Study of Speech Motor Control Can Inform Assessment and Intervention in CAS

Measuring Speech Intelligibility in Children with Motor Speech Disorders

Differences between School-Aged Children with Apraxia of Speech and Other Speech Sound Disorders on Multisyllable Repetition

Childhood Apraxia of Speech: Clinical Decision Making from a Motor-Based Perspective

Additional Published Research Summaries

A Pilot Randomized Control Trial of Motor-Based Treatments for Childhood Apraxia of Speech: Rapid Syllable Transition Treatment and Ultrasound Biofeedback

Speech Intervention Effect for Childhood Apraxia of Speech: Quality Appraisal of Systematic Reviews

Differential Diagnosis of Apraxia of Speech in Children and Adults – A Scoping Review

Severe Childhood Speech Disorder: Gene discovery Highlights Transcriptional Dysregulation

Practice Amount and Distribution in Treatment for Childhood Apraxia of Speech

Volubility, Consonant Emergence, and Syllabic Structure in Infants and Toddlers Later Diagnosed With Childhood Apraxia of Speech . . .

Research – Estimates of the Prevalence of Motor Speech Disorders in Children with Idiopathic Speech Delay

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