Verbal and oral dyspraxia in children and juveniles
Printz, T.; Mehlum, C.S.; Nikoghosyan-Bossen, G.
Ugeskrift for Laeger 180(12)
2018
ISSN/ISBN: 1603-6824 PMID: 29559079 Document Number: 696763
Childhood apraxia of speech and oral dyspraxia are subtypes of dyspraxia: a neurological motor disorder with absence of neuromuscular deficits. The core impairment is in planning and/or programming spatiotemporal parameters of movement sequences, which results in errors in speech sound production and prosody, or in oral motor movements and gestures. Correct diagnostics and focus on differential diagnoses and co-morbidity are crucial, as treatment differs from other types of speech- and oral motor disorders. Early and specialized intervention is recommended.