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- Title
Tongue Strength in Children With and Without Speech Sound Disorders.
- Authors
Potter, Nancy L.; Nievergelt, Yves; VanDama, Mark
- Abstract
Purpose: The purpose of this cross-sectional investigation was to expand the comparative database of pediatric tongue strength for children and adolescents with typical development, ages 3-17 years, and compare tongue strength among children with typical development, speech sound delay/disorders (SD), and motor speech disorders (MSDs). Method: Tongue strength was measured using the Iowa Oral Performance Instrument in a total of 286 children and adolescents, 228 with typical development, 16 with SD, and 42 with MSDs, including classic galactosemia, a known risk factor for MSD (n = 33) and idiopathic MSD (n = 9). Results: For all groups, tongue strength increased rapidly from 3 to 6.5 years of age and then continued to increase with age at a slower rate until 17 years of age. Children with SD's tongue strength did not differ from their typically developing (TD) peers. Children and adolescents with MSDs had decreased tongue strength compared to children with typical development or SD. Tongue strength was not related to severity of speech sound disorders in SD or MSD. Conclusion: Weak tongue strength does not appear to contribute to speech errors in children with speech sound delays but does appear to be related to speech sound disorders that are neurologic in origin (developmental MSD).
- Subjects
TONGUE physiology; ARTICULATION disorders; CHILD development; DEGLUTITION disorders; MUSCLE strength; RESEARCH funding; SPEECH disorders; CROSS-sectional method; CASE-control method; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; CHILDREN
- Publication
American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 2019, Vol 28, Issue 2, p612
- ISSN
1058-0360
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1044/2018_AJSLP-18-0023