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Apraxia of speech is an acquired motor speech disorder that prevents a person from being able to use motor planning to translate words they plan to say into actual speech. The condition occurs as ...
Apraxia is a speech motor disorder that makes it difficult for people to speak. One four-year-old is working with therapists to find his voice, and his family is sharing his story.
Indeed, recent copy-number variant screens of children with childhood apraxia of speech (CAS), a specific and rare motor speech disorder, have identified three unrelated individuals with 16p11.2 ...
Apraxia of speech is treatable with specialized speech-language therapy. Here are some signs to watch for and the treatment path forward.
Oculomotor apraxia usually manifests several years after the ataxia. Patients with oculomotor apraxia have difficulty fixating on objects. Ocular pursuit movements are normal in the early years ...
According to the Childhood Apraxia of Speech Association of North America, a national nonprofit organization dedicated to children with apraxia of speech and their families, research is lacking ...
The Rhea County Commission has set May 14 as Childhood Apraxia Speech Day in Rhea County. The proclamation signed by the commission and County Executive Jim Vincent was presented to the Byrd family.