Purpose There has been renewed interest on the part of speech-language pathologists to
understand how the motor system learns and determine whether principles of motor …

Apraxia of speech (AOS) is a motor speech disorder that can occur in the absence of
aphasia or dysarthria. AOS has been the subject of some controversy since the disorder was …

With expanded and updated information including current techniques, approaches, and
case studies, the 3rd edition of this bestselling book continues its reputation as a …

Apraxia of speech (AOS) is a motor speech disorder characterized by slow speaking rate,
abnormal prosody and distorted sound substitutions, additions, repetitions and …

The purpose of this report is to describe an initial version of the Apraxia of Speech Rating
Scale (ASRS), a scale designed to quantify the presence or absence, relative frequency …

A traditional method of localizing brain functions has been to identify shared areas of brain
damage in individuals who have a particular deficit. The rationale of this 'lesion …

This report provides a summary and critical appraisal of the evidence utilized in the
development of treatment guidelines for acquired apraxia of speech (AOS). This systematic …

Progressive nonfluent aphasia (PNFA) is a clinical syndrome characterized by motor speech
impairment and agrammatism, with relative sparing of single word comprehension and …

Background: The complexity of speech motor control, and the incomplete conceptualisation
of phases in the transformation of the speech code from linguistic symbols to a code …

The nature and frequency of speech production errors in neurodegenerative disease have
not previously been precisely quantified. In the present study, 16 patients with a progressive …