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articulation disorder

MedGen UID:
2081
•Concept ID:
C0003910
•
Mental or Behavioral Dysfunction
Synonyms: Articulation Disorder; Articulation Disorder, Speech; Articulation Disorders; Articulation Disorders, Speech; Disarticulation Disorder; Disarticulation Disorders; Disorder, Disarticulation; Disorders, Disarticulation; Impairment, Phonological; Impairment, Phonology; Impairments, Phonological; Impairments, Phonology; Misarticulation; Phonological Impairment; Phonological Impairments; Phonology Impairment; Phonology Impairments; Speech Articulation Disorder; Speech Articulation Disorders
SNOMED CT: Articulation impairment (386701004); Articulation disorder (386701004)
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0002903

Definition

A disorder characterized by the failure to use developmentally expected speech sounds that are appropriate for the individual's age (i.e., the individual makes errors in sound production or use or omits sounds such as final consonants). [from MONDO]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVarticulation disorder

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Non-speech oral motor treatment for children with developmental speech sound disorders.
Lee AS, Gibbon FE
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2015 Mar 25;2015(3):CD009383. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD009383.pub2. PMID: 25805060Free PMC Article
Development of guideline for rating the physical impairment of otolaryngologic field.
Park CW, Do NY, Rha KS, Chung SM, Kwon YJ; Korean Academy of Medical Sciences
J Korean Med Sci 2009 May;24 Suppl 2(Suppl 2):S258-66. Epub 2009 May 31 doi: 10.3346/jkms.2009.24.S2.S258. PMID: 19503682Free PMC Article

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Nonverbal Oro-Motor Exercises: Do They Really Work for Phonoarticulatory Difficulties?
Parra-López P, Olmos-Soria M, Valero-García AV
Int J Environ Res Public Health 2022 Apr 29;19(9) doi: 10.3390/ijerph19095459. PMID: 35564854Free PMC Article
Examining Risk of Speech-Language Disorders in Children With Cleft Lip.
Deatherage J, Bourgeois T, O'Brien M, Baylis AL
J Craniofac Surg 2022 Mar-Apr 01;33(2):395-399. doi: 10.1097/SCS.0000000000008000. PMID: 35385904
Development of receptive vocabulary and verbal intelligence in Japanese children with unilateral hearing loss.
Takeyama T, Shimada A, Sakamoto Y, Aoki T, Kondo E, Nakano S, Fukuda J, Azuma T, Sato G, Okamoto H, Kitamura Y, Udaka J, Takeda N
Auris Nasus Larynx 2022 Jun;49(3):335-341. Epub 2021 Sep 9 doi: 10.1016/j.anl.2021.08.002. PMID: 34511300
Articulation or phonology? Evidence from longitudinal error data.
Dodd B, Reilly S, Ttofari Eecen K, Morgan AT
Clin Linguist Phon 2018;32(11):1027-1041. Epub 2018 Jul 3 doi: 10.1080/02699206.2018.1488994. PMID: 29969299
Non-speech oral motor treatment for children with developmental speech sound disorders.
Lee AS, Gibbon FE
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2015 Mar 25;2015(3):CD009383. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD009383.pub2. PMID: 25805060Free PMC Article

Diagnosis

How differences in anatomy and physiology and other aetiology affect the way we label and describe speech in individuals with cleft lip and palate.
Pereira VJ, Sell D
Int J Lang Commun Disord 2024 Nov-Dec;59(6):2181-2196. Epub 2023 Aug 31 doi: 10.1111/1460-6984.12946. PMID: 37650488
The Reliability of Expert Diagnosis of Childhood Apraxia of Speech.
Murray E, Velleman S, Preston JL, Heard R, Shibu A, McCabe P
J Speech Lang Hear Res 2024 Sep 26;67(9S):3309-3326. Epub 2023 Aug 29 doi: 10.1044/2023_JSLHR-22-00677. PMID: 37642523
Examining Risk of Speech-Language Disorders in Children With Cleft Lip.
Deatherage J, Bourgeois T, O'Brien M, Baylis AL
J Craniofac Surg 2022 Mar-Apr 01;33(2):395-399. doi: 10.1097/SCS.0000000000008000. PMID: 35385904
Non-speech oral motor treatment for children with developmental speech sound disorders.
Lee AS, Gibbon FE
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2015 Mar 25;2015(3):CD009383. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD009383.pub2. PMID: 25805060Free PMC Article
Speech processing in children with functional articulation disorders.
Gósy M, Horváth V
Clin Linguist Phon 2015 Mar;29(3):185-200. Epub 2014 Nov 25 doi: 10.3109/02699206.2014.983615. PMID: 25421354

Therapy

Three-dimensional ultrasound evaluation of tongue posture and its impact on articulation disorders in preschool children with anterior open bite.
Kravanja SL, Hocevar-Boltezar I, Music MM, Jarc A, Verdenik I, Ovsenik M
Radiol Oncol 2018 Sep 11;52(3):250-256. doi: 10.2478/raon-2018-0032. PMID: 30210041Free PMC Article
Longitudinal follow-up to evaluate speech disorders in early-treated patients with infantile-onset Pompe disease.
Zeng YT, Hwu WL, Torng PC, Lee NC, Shieh JY, Lu L, Chien YH
Eur J Paediatr Neurol 2017 May;21(3):485-493. Epub 2016 Dec 19 doi: 10.1016/j.ejpn.2016.12.004. PMID: 28039015
Non-speech oral motor treatment for children with developmental speech sound disorders.
Lee AS, Gibbon FE
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2015 Mar 25;2015(3):CD009383. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD009383.pub2. PMID: 25805060Free PMC Article
Naturalistic intervention in cleft palate children.
Pamplona MC, Ysunza A, Ramírez P
Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol 2004 Jan;68(1):75-81. doi: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2003.09.007. PMID: 14687690
Linguistic development in cleft palate patients with and without compensatory articulation disorder.
Pamplona MC, Ysunza A, González M, Ramírez E, Patiño C
Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol 2000 Aug 31;54(2-3):81-91. doi: 10.1016/s0165-5876(00)00332-3. PMID: 10967376

Prognosis

How differences in anatomy and physiology and other aetiology affect the way we label and describe speech in individuals with cleft lip and palate.
Pereira VJ, Sell D
Int J Lang Commun Disord 2024 Nov-Dec;59(6):2181-2196. Epub 2023 Aug 31 doi: 10.1111/1460-6984.12946. PMID: 37650488
Development of receptive vocabulary and verbal intelligence in Japanese children with unilateral hearing loss.
Takeyama T, Shimada A, Sakamoto Y, Aoki T, Kondo E, Nakano S, Fukuda J, Azuma T, Sato G, Okamoto H, Kitamura Y, Udaka J, Takeda N
Auris Nasus Larynx 2022 Jun;49(3):335-341. Epub 2021 Sep 9 doi: 10.1016/j.anl.2021.08.002. PMID: 34511300
Lingual nerve entrapment in muscular and osseous structures.
Piagkou M, Demesticha T, Piagkos G, Georgios A, Panagiotis S
Int J Oral Sci 2010 Dec;2(4):181-9. doi: 10.4248/IJOS10063. PMID: 21404967Free PMC Article
The effect of ankyloglossia on speech in children.
Messner AH, Lalakea ML
Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2002 Dec;127(6):539-45. doi: 10.1067/mhn.2002.129731. PMID: 12501105
Linguistic development in cleft palate patients with and without compensatory articulation disorder.
Pamplona MC, Ysunza A, González M, Ramírez E, Patiño C
Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol 2000 Aug 31;54(2-3):81-91. doi: 10.1016/s0165-5876(00)00332-3. PMID: 10967376

Clinical prediction guides

Whole Genome Analysis in Consanguineous Families Reveals New Loci for Speech Sound Disorder (SSD).
Yasmin T, Sadia A, Nadeem L, Basra MAR, Rice ML, Raza MH
Genes (Basel) 2024 Aug 13;15(8) doi: 10.3390/genes15081069. PMID: 39202429Free PMC Article
The Reliability of Expert Diagnosis of Childhood Apraxia of Speech.
Murray E, Velleman S, Preston JL, Heard R, Shibu A, McCabe P
J Speech Lang Hear Res 2024 Sep 26;67(9S):3309-3326. Epub 2023 Aug 29 doi: 10.1044/2023_JSLHR-22-00677. PMID: 37642523
Development of receptive vocabulary and verbal intelligence in Japanese children with unilateral hearing loss.
Takeyama T, Shimada A, Sakamoto Y, Aoki T, Kondo E, Nakano S, Fukuda J, Azuma T, Sato G, Okamoto H, Kitamura Y, Udaka J, Takeda N
Auris Nasus Larynx 2022 Jun;49(3):335-341. Epub 2021 Sep 9 doi: 10.1016/j.anl.2021.08.002. PMID: 34511300
Validation of Dodd's Model for Differential Diagnosis of childhood speech sound disorders: a longitudinal community cohort study.
Ttofari Eecen K, Eadie P, Morgan AT, Reilly S
Dev Med Child Neurol 2019 Jun;61(6):689-696. Epub 2018 Aug 27 doi: 10.1111/dmcn.13993. PMID: 30151900
Linguistic development in cleft palate patients with and without compensatory articulation disorder.
Pamplona MC, Ysunza A, González M, Ramírez E, Patiño C
Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol 2000 Aug 31;54(2-3):81-91. doi: 10.1016/s0165-5876(00)00332-3. PMID: 10967376

Recent systematic reviews

Non-speech oral motor treatment for children with developmental speech sound disorders.
Lee AS, Gibbon FE
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2015 Mar 25;2015(3):CD009383. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD009383.pub2. PMID: 25805060Free PMC Article

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