Childhood apraxia of speech (CAS) is a developmental disorder in which the precision and temporal coordination of the movements required for speech are impaired, despite normal neuromuscular function.

The Colorado Motor Speech Lab conducts research designed to support speech-language pathologists in understanding, assessing, and conceptualizing motor speech disorders. Our work emphasizes ...

Oommen, E. R.,McCarthy, J. W. The future of natural speech development is uncertain for children with motor speech disorders (MSD). There is a strong desire to put plans in place as early as possible ...

Our understanding of neurodiversity has changed a great deal over the last few decades. The term that was once used to describe mostly just autism and ADHD now encompasses dozens of disorders that all ...

Apraxia of speech is a motor speech disorder that can make speaking difficult. It affects the brain pathways involved in speech and can cause problems with coordinating the movements necessary for ...

Most of us rarely pause to consider how easily and quickly we can turn our thoughts into words. But for some children, that highway from the brain to the mouth isn't so smooth. Somewhere along the way ...

Roughly 8-9% of young children have a speech sound disorder, which results in difficulties producing speech sounds correctly and often has no known cause, according to the National Institute on ...

The primary focus of this lab is to work with people with aphasia – a language impairment that sometimes follows stroke – to better understand language processes and ways to improve aphasia treatment ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — As parents of young Emma Rose Kelly, a 3-year-old diagnosed with Childhood Apraxia, a motor speech disorder, Caroline and Conor Kelly continue to spread awareness. The condition ...

Speech difficulties in children are common. In fact, 1.9 million children in the UK are currently struggling with their speech. There are lots of different reasons for this, from the physical to the ...

Communication disorders affect a person’s ability to detect, receive, process, and comprehend the concepts or symbols necessary for communication. It can affect hearing, language, and speech. Causes ...