scholarly journals Amount of Kinematic Feedback Affects Learning of Speech Motor Skills

Motor Control ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 106-119 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kirrie J. Ballard ◽  
Heather D. Smith ◽  
Divija Paramatmuni ◽  
Patricia McCabe ◽  
Deborah G. Theodoros ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Motor Skills ◽  
Speech Motor Skills ◽  
Speech Motor

scholarly journals Electromagnetic articulography appears feasible for assessment of speech motor skills in cochlear-implant users

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (10) ◽  
pp. 105202
Author(s):  
Matthew Masapollo ◽  
Susan Nittrouer ◽  
Jessica Goel ◽  
Yonghee Oh
Keyword(s):  
Cochlear Implant ◽  
Motor Skills ◽  
Electromagnetic Articulography ◽  
Speech Motor Skills ◽  
Speech Motor

Electromagnetic articulography is feasible for assessment of speech motor skills in cochlear implant users

2021 ◽  
Vol 150 (4) ◽  
pp. A271-A272
Author(s):  
Matthew Masapollo ◽  
Yonghee Oh ◽  
Jessica Goel ◽  
Joanna Lowenstein ◽  
Susan Nittrouer
Keyword(s):  
Cochlear Implant ◽  
Motor Skills ◽  
Electromagnetic Articulography ◽  
Speech Motor Skills ◽  
Speech Motor

scholarly journals Development and Validation of a Probe Word List to Assess Speech Motor Skills in Children

2021 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 622-648
Author(s):  
Aravind Kumar Namasivayam ◽  
Anna Huynh ◽  
Rohan Bali ◽  
Francesca Granata ◽  
Vina Law ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Motor Skills ◽  
Scoring System ◽  
Word List ◽  
School Age Children ◽  
Probe Word ◽  
Speech Motor Control ◽  
School Age ◽  
Motor Speech ◽  
Speech Motor Skills ◽  
Speech Motor

Purpose The aim of the study was to develop and validate a probe word list and scoring system to assess speech motor skills in preschool and school-age children with motor speech disorders. Method This article describes the development of a probe word list and scoring system using a modified word complexity measure and principles based on the hierarchical development of speech motor control known as the Motor Speech Hierarchy (MSH). The probe word list development accounted for factors related to word (i.e., motoric) complexity, linguistic variables, and content familiarity. The probe word list and scoring system was administered to 48 preschool and school-age children with moderate-to-severe speech motor delay at clinical centers in Ontario, Canada, and then evaluated for reliability and validity. Results One-way analyses of variance revealed that the motor complexity of the probe words increased significantly for each MSH stage, while no significant differences in the linguistic complexity were found for neighborhood density, mean biphone frequency, or log word frequency. The probe word list and scoring system yielded high reliability on measures of internal consistency and intrarater reliability. Interrater reliability indicated moderate agreement across the MSH stages, with the exception of MSH Stage V, which yielded substantial agreement. The probe word list and scoring system demonstrated high content, construct (unidimensionality, convergent validity, and discriminant validity), and criterion-related (concurrent and predictive) validity. Conclusions The probe word list and scoring system described in the current study provide a standardized method that speech-language pathologists can use in the assessment of speech motor control. It can support clinicians in identifying speech motor difficulties in preschool and school-age children, set appropriate goals, and potentially measure changes in these goals across time and/or after intervention.

EŞİTMƏ QÜSURLU UŞAQLARDA SƏS TƏLƏFFÜZÜ POZULMALARINI ARADAN QALDIRMAQ ÜÇÜN MUSİQİLİ RİTMİK VASİTƏLƏRDƏN İSTİFADƏ

2020 ◽  
Vol 61 (12) ◽  
pp. 136-138
Author(s):  
Bahar Aliosat Mustafayeva ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Motor Skills ◽  
Cognitive Processes ◽  
Role Playing ◽  
Auditory Attention ◽  
Auditory Analyzer ◽  
Role Playing Games ◽  
Large Motor ◽  
Impaired Children ◽  
Speech Motor ◽  
Over Time

One of the most relevant methods used in the rehabilitation of hearing-impaired children and for the development of speech is music-rhythm. In any games based on music-rhythm, it is possible to stimulate several areas, such as speech, motor, cognitive processes. Composing tasks in the form of role-playing games appropriate to the age characteristics of children increases its effectiveness. Music primarily affects the auditory analyzer in children, helps to increase auditory attention in children with dementia. Thus, the child perceives sounds better over time and develops the ability to differentiate them. Improved hearing allows children to understand the speech of adults better. Over time, it accelerates the process of sound imitation, allows the child to pronounce the initial sounds and syllables. Musical-rhythmic is based on the combination of sounds with movements, which leads to the improvement of children's motor skills. It helps to develop small and large motor skills, rhythm and coordination abilities during tasks. Key words: hearing, speech, game, music, exercise, child

scholarly journals Exploring the Relationship Between Speech Motor Control and Phonological Processing in Children Who Stutter and Typically Developed Children

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sousan Salehi ◽  
Saman Maroufizadeh ◽  
Zahra Soleymani ◽  
Seyedeh Zeinab Beheshti ◽  
Sheida Bavandi
Keyword(s):  
Motor Control ◽  
Language Processing ◽  
Speech Processing ◽  
Phonological Processing ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
Speech Motor Control ◽  
Word Repetition ◽  
Oral Speech ◽  
Speech Motor Skills ◽  
Speech Motor

Introduction: Language processing (especially phonology) and speech motor control are disordered in stuttering. However,  it is unclear how they are related based on the models of speech processing. The present study aimed to study non-word repetition, rhyme and alliteration judgment, and speech motor control and investigate their relationship in children who stutter (CWS) compared to typically developed children (TDC). Materials and Methods: Twenty-eight CWS (mean age=5.46 years) and 28 peers TDC (mean age=5.52 years) participated in this study. Phonological processing, according to the speech processing model, is divided into phonological input and output. Phonological input, phonological output, and speech motor control were assessed by rhyme and alliteration tasks, accurate phonological production during non-word repetition task, and Robbins-Klee oral speech motor protocol, respectively. The Pearson correlation coefficient, independent t-test, and Cohen’s d were used for data analysis. Results: Both non-word repetition and speech motor skills were significantly different in CWS than TDC (P<0.001). But rhyme and alliteration judgment were similar across groups (P>0.001). Phonological processing and speech motor control were not significantly correlated (P>0.001). Conclusion: Phonological processing (output), a level before  articulation,  and  speech  motor control are not correlated, but both are disordered in preschool CWS. Additionally, phonological processing (input) is similar in CWS and TDC. That is, phonological input is not affected by stuttering in CWS.

Speech features of stuttering children

2021 ◽  
Vol 62 (01) ◽  
pp. 151-154
Author(s):  
Sumeyra Hussein Avdji ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Speech Disorders ◽  
Individual Characteristics ◽  
Situational Factors ◽  
Speech Characteristics ◽  
Speech Features ◽  
Development Of Language ◽  
Speech Motor Skills ◽  
Speech Motor ◽  
Great Damage ◽  
Communicative Processes

To understand the nature of stuttering, it is important to clarify the speech characteristics of children who stutter. The level of development of language skills in stuttering children is almost the same as in normal-speaking children. They determine the reactions of individual characteristics to the influence of various situational factors. Research on the speech characteristics of stuttering children shows that they have difficulty using the means of communication in the communicative processes of speech, despite the richness of vocabulary and the ability to compose sentences. Stuttering is one of the most common speech disorders caused by convulsions in the muscles of the speech apparatus, and stuttering should be eliminated immediately when it occurs. Otherwise, it will get worse and worse over time and can do great damage to the child's mental development. Key words: stuttering, speech, motor skills, oral and written speech, articulation, convulsions

A Fluency Disorders Prevention Program for Preschoolers and Children in the Primary Grades

1991 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 28-31 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eugene B. Cooper ◽  
Crystal S. Cooper
Keyword(s):  
Motor Skills ◽  
Prevention Program ◽  
Primary Grades ◽  
Primary Grade ◽  
Fluency Disorders ◽  
Classroom Use ◽  
Metalinguistic Skills

A fluency disorders prevention program for classroom use, designed to develop the feeling of fluency control in normally fluent preschool and primary grade children, is described. The program addresses the affective, behavioral, and cognitive aspects of fluency and features activities that not only develop the child’s fluency motor skills but also teach the language of fluency by developing the child’s metalinguistic skills.

Cognitive Load Affects Speech Motor Performance Differently in Older and Younger Adults

2019 ◽  
Vol 62 (5) ◽  
pp. 1258-1277 ◽  
Author(s):  
Megan K. MacPherson
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Cognitive Load ◽  
Motor Performance ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Incongruent Condition ◽  
Sentence Production ◽  
Movement Duration ◽  
Production Task ◽  
Younger Adults ◽  
Speech Motor

PurposeThe aim of this study was to determine the impact of cognitive load imposed by a speech production task on the speech motor performance of healthy older and younger adults. Response inhibition, selective attention, and working memory were the primary cognitive processes of interest.MethodTwelve healthy older and 12 healthy younger adults produced multiple repetitions of 4 sentences containing an embedded Stroop task in 2 cognitive load conditions: congruent and incongruent. The incongruent condition, which required participants to suppress orthographic information to say the font colors in which color words were written, represented an increase in cognitive load relative to the congruent condition in which word text and font color matched. Kinematic measures of articulatory coordination variability and movement duration as well as a behavioral measure of sentence production accuracy were compared between groups and conditions and across 3 sentence segments (pre-, during-, and post-Stroop).ResultsIncreased cognitive load in the incongruent condition was associated with increased articulatory coordination variability and movement duration, compared to the congruent Stroop condition, for both age groups. Overall, the effect of increased cognitive load was greater for older adults than younger adults and was greatest in the portion of the sentence in which cognitive load was manipulated (during-Stroop), followed by the pre-Stroop segment. Sentence production accuracy was reduced for older adults in the incongruent condition.ConclusionsIncreased cognitive load involving response inhibition, selective attention, and working memory processes within a speech production task disrupted both the stability and timing with which speech was produced by both age groups. Older adults' speech motor performance may have been more affected due to age-related changes in cognitive and motoric functions that result in altered motor cognition.

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