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Rethinking Speech Sound Disorder (SSD) in Non-Syndromic Cleft Lip and Palate: The Importance of Recognizing Phonological and Language Difficulties
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Stephanie van Eeden; Cristina McKean; Helen Stringer – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2025
Background: Children born with cleft palate ± lip (CP ± L) are at risk of speech sound disorder (SSD). Up to 40% continue to have SSD at age 5-6 years. These difficulties are typically described as articulatory in nature and often include cleft speech characteristics (CSC) hypothesized to result from structural differences. In non-CP ± L SSD…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Congenital Impairments, Speech Impairments, Articulation Impairments
Speech Sound Disorder or DLD (Phonology)? Towards a Consensus Agreement on Terminology
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Helen Stringer; Joanne Cleland; Yvonne Wren; Rachel Rees; Pam Williams – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2024
Background: The publication of phase 2 of the CATALISE project in 2017 clarified terminology for children with developmental language disorder (DLD) or delay but unintentionally muddied the water for children with unintelligible speech. A diagnostic label of DLD (phonology) indicates poor prognosis and phonological disorder that persists into…
Descriptors: Speech Impairments, Phonology, Language Impairments, Developmental Delays