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Speech characteristics of childhood apraxia of speech: A survey research. 2019

Mersede Imani Shakibayi, and Talieh Zarifian, and Nasibeh Zanjari

Department of Speech Therapy, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Electronic address: mersede.imani@gmail.com.

OBJECTIVE There has not been any valid method for the clinical diagnosis of Childhood Apraxia of Speech (CAS) up to now, and the golden standard for diagnosis is the expert's opinion. The current research was conducted to obtain criteria used by the Iranian Speech-Language Pathologists (SLPs) to establish speech characteristics and co-occurring problems of CAS based on their knowledge and clinical experience. METHODS This research used a questionnaire-based survey design for data collection. The questionnaire was filled out by 260 anonymous participants, both physically and online. RESULTS The nine top speech characteristics reported with 75.6% agreement as the core symptoms of CAS included: inconsistency (86.9%), consonant sequencing problems (75%), low intelligibility (75%), groping (72.7%), slow diadochokinetic (DDK) (72.3%), articulatory configuration problems (66.2%), difficulty with multisyllabic words (62.7%), suprasegmental disturbances (56.2%) and metathesis (53.5%). The consent of the Iranian practicing SLPs was consistent with the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) diagnostic criteria, Strand's 10-point checklist, and Ozanne's cluster model. More than half of the respondents have been identified with fine motor deficit and language impairment as the most common co-occurring problems of CAS. CONCLUSIONS The results of this study are in accordance with the findings of previous practicing SLPs' surveys in different languages. Carrying out researches on the speech characteristics of Persian-speaking children suspected of CAS and compare with the results of clinicians' surveys will help us to find a reliable standard for differential diagnosis of Persian-speaking children in Iran.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007805	Language Development Disorders	Conditions characterized by language abilities (comprehension and expression of speech and writing) that are below the expected level for a given age, generally in the absence of an intellectual impairment. These conditions may be associated with DEAFNESS; BRAIN DISEASES; MENTAL DISORDERS; or environmental factors.	Language Delay,Speech Delay,Auditory Processing Disorder, Central,Central Auditory Processing Disorder,Developmental Disorder, Speech or Language,Developmental Language Disorders,Language Disorders, Developmental,Semantic-Pragmatic Disorder,Speech or Language, Developmental Disorder,Delay, Speech,Delays, Speech,Development Disorder, Language,Developmental Language Disorder,Disorder, Language Development,Disorders, Language Development,Language Delays,Language Development Disorder,Language Disorder, Developmental,Semantic Pragmatic Disorder,Semantic-Pragmatic Disorders,Speech Delays
D011795	Surveys and Questionnaires	Collections of data obtained from voluntary subjects. The information usually takes the form of answers to questions, or suggestions.	Community Survey,Nonrespondent,Questionnaire,Questionnaires,Respondent,Survey,Survey Method,Survey Methods,Surveys,Baseline Survey,Community Surveys,Methodology, Survey,Nonrespondents,Questionnaire Design,Randomized Response Technique,Repeated Rounds of Survey,Respondents,Survey Methodology,Baseline Surveys,Design, Questionnaire,Designs, Questionnaire,Methods, Survey,Questionnaire Designs,Questionnaires and Surveys,Randomized Response Techniques,Response Technique, Randomized,Response Techniques, Randomized,Survey, Baseline,Survey, Community,Surveys, Baseline,Surveys, Community,Techniques, Randomized Response
D002648	Child	A person 6 to 12 years of age. An individual 2 to 5 years old is CHILD, PRESCHOOL.	Children
D003430	Cross-Sectional Studies	Studies in which the presence or absence of disease or other health-related variables are determined in each member of the study population or in a representative sample at one particular time. This contrasts with LONGITUDINAL STUDIES which are followed over a period of time.	Disease Frequency Surveys,Prevalence Studies,Analysis, Cross-Sectional,Cross Sectional Analysis,Cross-Sectional Survey,Surveys, Disease Frequency,Analyses, Cross Sectional,Analyses, Cross-Sectional,Analysis, Cross Sectional,Cross Sectional Analyses,Cross Sectional Studies,Cross Sectional Survey,Cross-Sectional Analyses,Cross-Sectional Analysis,Cross-Sectional Study,Cross-Sectional Surveys,Disease Frequency Survey,Prevalence Study,Studies, Cross-Sectional,Studies, Prevalence,Study, Cross-Sectional,Study, Prevalence,Survey, Cross-Sectional,Survey, Disease Frequency,Surveys, Cross-Sectional
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D001072	Apraxias	A group of cognitive disorders characterized by the inability to perform previously learned skills that cannot be attributed to deficits of motor or sensory function. The two major subtypes of this condition are ideomotor (see APRAXIA, IDEOMOTOR) and ideational apraxia, which refers to loss of the ability to mentally formulate the processes involved with performing an action. For example, dressing apraxia may result from an inability to mentally formulate the act of placing clothes on the body. Apraxias are generally associated with lesions of the dominant PARIETAL LOBE and supramarginal gyrus. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, pp56-7)	Dressing Apraxia,Dyspraxia,Ideational Apraxia,Apraxia,Apraxia of Phonation,Apraxia, Articulatory,Apraxia, Developmental Verbal,Apraxia, Facial-Oral,Apraxia, Gestural,Apraxia, Motor,Apraxia, Oral,Apraxia, Verbal,Developmental Verbal Dyspraxia,Dyspraxia, Articulatory,Dyspraxia, Oral,Dyspraxia, Verbal,Speech And Language Disorder With Orofacial Dyspraxia,Speech-Language Disorder 1,1s, Speech-Language Disorder,Apraxia, Dressing,Apraxia, Facial Oral,Apraxia, Ideational,Apraxias, Articulatory,Apraxias, Developmental Verbal,Apraxias, Dressing,Apraxias, Facial-Oral,Apraxias, Gestural,Apraxias, Ideational,Apraxias, Motor,Apraxias, Oral,Apraxias, Verbal,Articulatory Apraxia,Articulatory Apraxias,Articulatory Dyspraxia,Articulatory Dyspraxias,Developmental Verbal Apraxia,Developmental Verbal Apraxias,Developmental Verbal Dyspraxias,Disorder 1, Speech-Language,Disorder 1s, Speech-Language,Dressing Apraxias,Dyspraxia, Developmental Verbal,Dyspraxias,Dyspraxias, Articulatory,Dyspraxias, Developmental Verbal,Dyspraxias, Oral,Dyspraxias, Verbal,Facial-Oral Apraxia,Facial-Oral Apraxias,Gestural Apraxia,Gestural Apraxias,Ideational Apraxias,Motor Apraxia,Motor Apraxias,Oral Apraxia,Oral Apraxias,Oral Dyspraxia,Oral Dyspraxias,Phonation Apraxia,Phonation Apraxias,Speech Language Disorder 1,Speech-Language Disorder 1s,Verbal Apraxia,Verbal Apraxia, Developmental,Verbal Apraxias,Verbal Apraxias, Developmental,Verbal Dyspraxia,Verbal Dyspraxia, Developmental,Verbal Dyspraxias,Verbal Dyspraxias, Developmental
D013064	Speech Disorders	Acquired or developmental conditions marked by an impaired ability to comprehend or generate spoken forms of language.	Aprosodia,Aprosodic Speech,Cluttering,Dysglossia,Dyslalia,Rhinolalia,Verbal Fluency Disorders,Aprosodias,Clutterings,Dysglossias,Dyslalias,Rhinolalias,Speech, Aprosodic,Verbal Fluency Disorder
D013066	Speech-Language Pathology	The study of speech or language disorders and their diagnosis and correction.	Language Pathology,Speech Pathology,Pathology, Language,Pathology, Speech,Pathology, Speech-Language,Pathology, Speech Language,Speech Language Pathology
D019957	Motor Skills Disorders	Marked impairments in the development of motor coordination such that the impairment interferes with activities of daily living. (From DSM-V)	Developmental Coordination Disorder,Coordination Disorder, Developmental,Developmental Coordination Disorders,Motor Skills Disorder