Electropalatographic Therapy for Children and Young People with Down's Syndrome

Autor/inn/en	Cleland, Joanne; Timmins, Claire; Wood, Sara E.; Hardcastle, William J.; Wishart, Jennifer G.
Titel	Electropalatographic Therapy for Children and Young People with Down's Syndrome
Quelle	In: Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics, 23 (2009) 12, S.926-939 (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0269-9206
DOI	10.3109/02699200903061776
Schlagwörter	Articulation (Speech); Intervention; Articulation Impairments; Phonology; Word Lists; Down Syndrome; Therapy; Outcomes of Treatment; Children; Youth; Visual Stimuli; Adolescents; Speech Language Pathology; Pretests Posttests; Disability Identification; Foreign Countries; United Kingdom; Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals; Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Artikulationsstörung; Fonologie; Wortliste; 'Downs Syndrome; Down''s Syndrome'; Down-Syndrom; Therapie; Child; Kind; Kinder; Jugend; Jugendlicher; Jugendalter; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Ausland; Großbritannien
Abstract	Articulation disorders in Down's syndrome (DS) are prevalent and often intractable. Individuals with DS generally prefer visual to auditory methods of learning and may therefore find it beneficial to be given a visual model during speech intervention, such as that provided by electropalatography (EPG). In this study, participants with Down's syndrome, aged 10:1 to 18:9, received 24 individualized therapy sessions using EPG. Simultaneous acoustic and EPG recordings were made pre- and post-intervention during 10 repetitions of a word list containing lingua-palatal consonants. Participants also completed the DEAP phonology sub-test at both time points. Post-treatment, all participants showed qualitative and quantifiable differences in EPG patterns and improvements in DEAP percentage consonants correct. EPG assessment and therapy appears a positive approach for identifying and improving articulatory patterns in children with DS. (Contains 4 tables and 2 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10