Document Type

Article

Language

eng

Format of Original

11 p.

Publication Date

3-2015

Publisher

Elsevier

Source Publication

Journal of Communication Disorders

Source ISSN

0021-9924

Original Item ID

doi: 10.1016/j.jcomdis.2015.01.002

Abstract

Children with childhood apraxia of speech (CAS) have been hypothesized to continuously monitor their speech through auditory feedback to minimize speech errors. We used an auditory masking paradigm to determine the effect of attenuating auditory feedback on speech in 30 children: 9 with CAS, 10 with speech delay, and 11 with typical development. The masking only affected the speech of children with CAS as measured by voice onset time and vowel space area. These findings provide preliminary support for greater reliance on auditory feedback among children with CAS.

Learning outcomes: Readers of this article should be able to (i) describe the motivation for investigating the role of auditory feedback in children with CAS; (ii) report the effects of feedback attenuation on speech production in children with CAS, speech delay, and typical development, and (iii) understand how the current findings may support a feedforward program deficit in children with CAS.

Comments

Published version. Journal of Communication Disorders, Vol. 54 (March/April 2015): 32-42. DOI. © 2015 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc.

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