Aparaxia of Speech

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Apraxia of Speech

Apraxia of speech is a well-known disease among children around the entire world. There are many stories out there about children having apraxia of speech as well as overcoming it. A story about a girl named Big Sister inspired me and made me want to know more about apraxia. According to “This Simple Home” a young girl with the name of Big Sister showed early signs of apraxia but nobody wanted to believe it. She was always such a happy baby but she didn’t babble or have any sounds. She had no throaty signs, the only sound was mmm-mmm while she was eating, which didn’t start until the age of five. She did laugh and giggle and cry though. They began teaching her sign language so that she could communicate around the age of two and people around them thought that they were crazy for doing so. Around the age of fifteen months their pediatrician encouraged them to go get a hearing evaluation as well as a speech evaluation. From there they started therapy. She had a Speech and Language Pathologist (SLP) and by her second birthday she was having a couple word approximations. Then from there she began to improve. (Annette, 2012)

According to “The Mayo Clinic” childhood apraxia of speech (CAS) is an uncommon speech disorder in which a child has difficulty making accurate movements when speaking. Childhood apraxia of speech is just a label for a speech disorder. In order for a child to speak correctly, the brain has to learn how to make plans that tell the speech muscles how to move the lips and jaw and tongue for those sounds and word to be able to come out and be accurate. When a child has childhood apraxia of speech the brain struggles to develop those movements. The muscles are not weak, they just do not perfor...

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Better Health Channel. (2014, February 17). Childhood apraxia of speech. Retrieved March 6, 2014, from Better Health Channel: http://betterhealth.vic.gov.au/bhcv2/bhcarticles.nsf/pages/Childhood_apraxia_of_speech

Mayo Clinic Staff. (2014, January 1). Childhood apraxia of speech. Retrieved March 6, 2014, from diseases and conditions: http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/childhood-apraxia-of-speech/basics/definition/con-20031147

NIDCD. (2002, January 1). Apraxia of Speech. Retrieved March 6, 2014, from NIDCD: http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/voice/pages/apraxia.aspx

Wisconsin, M. C. (2013, October 25). Next-gen sequencing identifies genes associated with speech disorder. Retrieved March 6, 2014, from Science Daily: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/10/131025113918.htm

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