Question

speech on genetics for ASL asseament

Answer 1

Childhood apraxia of speech (CAS) is a motor speech disorder. Children with CAS have problems saying sounds, syllables, and words. This is not because of muscle weakness or paralysis. The brain has problems planning to move the body parts (e.g., lips, jaw, tongue) needed for speech. The child knows what he or she wants to say, but his/her brain has difficulty coordinating the muscle movements necessary to say those words.Not all children with CAS are the same. All of the signs and symptoms listed below may not be present in every child. It is important to have your child evaluated by a speech-language pathologist (SLP) who has knowledge of CAS to rule out other causes of speech problems. General things to look for include the following:

A Very Young Child

Does not coo or babble as an infantFirst words are late, and they may be missing soundsOnly a few different consonant and vowel soundsProblems combining sounds; may show long pauses between soundsSimplifies words by replacing difficult sounds with easier ones or by deleting difficult sounds (although all children do this, the child with apraxia of speech does so more often)May have problems eating

An Older Child

Makes inconsistent sound errors that are not the result of immaturityCan understand language much better than he or she can talkHas difficulty imitating speech, but imitated speech is more clear than spontaneous speechMay appear to be groping when attempting to produce sounds or to coordinate the lips, tongue, and jaw for purposeful movementHas more difficulty saying longer words or phrases clearly than shorter onesAppears to have more difficulty when he or she is anxiousIs hard to understand, especially for an unfamiliar listenerSounds choppy, monotonous, or stresses the wrong syllable or word

Potential Other Problems

Delayed language developmentOther expressive language problems like word order confusions and word recallDifficulties with fine motor movement/coordinationOver sensitive (hypersensitive) or under sensitive (hyposensitive) in their mouths (e.g., may not like toothbrushing or crunchy foods, may not be able to identify an object in their mouth through touch)Children with CAS or other speech problems may have problems when learning to read, spell, and write