Gabrielle Miller|Barbara Lewis|Penelope Benchek|Lisa Freebairn|Jessica Tag|Karlie Budge|Sudha K. Iyengar|Heather Voss-Hoynes|H. Gerry Taylor|Catherine M. Stein
Reading Outcomes for Individuals With Histories of Suspected Childhood Apraxia of Speech
Case Western Reserve University|Case Western Reserve University|Case Western Reserve University|Case Western Reserve University|Case Western Reserve University|Case Western Reserve University|Case Western Reserve University|Case Western Reserve University|Nationwide Children's Hospital|Case Western Reserve University
purpose primary aims study examine speechlanguage correlates decoding difficulties children histories suspected childhood apraxia speech scas identify predictors lowproficiency reading levels method participants schoolage children adolescents 718 years age diagnosed scas n 40 speech sound disorder scas ssdno scas n 119 scas ssdno scas reading groups compared measures performance iq oral language phonological awareness rapid automatic naming diadochokinetic rates single word articulation multisyllable nonsense word repetition logistic regression analyses employed identify predictors lowproficiency reading scas ssdno scas groups results sixtyfive percent participants scas compared 24 ssdno scas classified lowproficiency readers based nonsense single word decoding analysis failed reveal significant differences reading oral language phonological awareness lowproficiency readers scas lowproficiency readers ssdno scas oral language phonological awareness skills best predictors reading level participants followed performance multisyllabic word repetition diadochokinetic rate conclusions language phonological awareness deficits children scas related risks reading failure lesser degree motor speech deficits speech sound production also increase risks reading difficulties findings justify early intervention subset children