Poor Speech Perception Is Not a Core Deficit of Childhood Apraxia of Speech: Preliminary Findings.
Purpose: Childhood apraxia of speech (CAS) is hypothesized to arise from deficits in speech motor planning and programming, but the influence of abnormal speech perception in CAS on these processes is debated. This study examined speech perception abilities among children with CAS with and without l...
| Published in: | Journal of Speech, Language & Hearing Research Vol. 61; no. 3; pp. 583 - 593 |
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American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
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