Clinical characteristics of childhood apraxia of speech: literature review

Authors

  • Luzia Miscow da Cruz Payão Universidade Estadual de Ciências da Saúde de Alagoas
  • Bárbara de Lavra-Pinto Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
  • Queiti Carvalho
  • Queiti Carvalho Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul

Keywords:

Language Development Disorders, Articulation Disorders, Apraxias

Abstract

The lack of accuracy and consistency of speech movements in the absence of neuromuscular deficits are characteristic of apraxia. The alteration occurs in the planning and/or programming spatiotemporal of sequence movements parameters resulting in errors in the speech sounds production and prosodic disorders. This literature review aims to address the normal production of the articulatory gesture in the context of linked speech, similarities and differences between childhood apraxia of speech and acquired apraxia in adults, and features found in the literature that support the diagnosis of childhood apraxia. Unlike in children, apraxia in adults corresponds to loss of a neurological function. This disorder, in children, impairs the development of functions that are in acquisition.

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Author Biographies

Luzia Miscow da Cruz Payão, Universidade Estadual de Ciências da Saúde de Alagoas

Professora adjunta do curso de Fonoaudiologia. Doutora em em Letras / Linguística pela Universidade Federal de Alagoas.

Bárbara de Lavra-Pinto, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

Fonoaudióloga do curso de Fonoaudiologia. Mestre em Letras / Linguística pela PUCRS.

Queiti Carvalho

Mestre em Letras / Linguística pela PUCRS

Queiti Carvalho, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul

Mestre em Letras / Linguística pela PUCRS

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Published

2012-01-31

How to Cite

Payão, L. M. da C., Lavra-Pinto, B. de, Carvalho, Q., & Carvalho, Q. (2012). Clinical characteristics of childhood apraxia of speech: literature review. Letras De Hoje, 47(1), 24–29. Retrieved from https://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/index.php/fale/article/view/10245

Issue

Vol. 47 No. 1 (2012): Linguagem e cognição: Interfaces entre Linguística, Psicologia e Neurociências

Section

Language and cognition: interfaces between Linguistics, Psychology and Neuroscience

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