Functional characteristics of children diagnosed with Childhood Apraxia of Speech.
Purpose. The purpose of this study was to describe the complex array of functional problems in children diagnosed by their treating speech/language pathologist with Childhood Apraxia of Speech (CAS), a poorly understood, severe speech sound disorder. Method. We asked parents (n = 201) attending the...
| Published in: | Disability & Rehabilitation Vol. 31; no. 2; pp. 94 - 103 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
2009
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