Stroke is a major disorder of the central nervous system that poses a serious threat to human
life and quality of life. Many stroke victims are left with long-term neurological dysfunction …

Purpose: Treatment intensity (sometimes referred to as “practice amount”) has been well-
investigated in learning non-speech tasks, but its role in treating speech disorders has not …

Purpose This study sought to determine if (a) children with childhood apraxia of speech
(CAS), other speech sound disorders (SSDs), and typical development (TD) would perform …

Purpose: The oral structures such as the tongue and lips have remarkable somatosensory
capacities, but understanding the roles of somatosensation in speech production requires a …

Understanding of the behavioural, cognitive and neural underpinnings of speech production
is of interest theoretically, and is important for understanding disorders of speech production …

This position paper offers a perspective on the long-standing debate concerning the role of
oromotor, nonverbal gestures in understanding typical and disordered speech motor control …

Evidence suggests that speech and limb movement inhibition are subserved by common
neural mechanisms, particularly within the right prefrontal cortex. In a recent study, we found …

Purpose The study was aimed at characterizing age-related changes in speech motor
performance on a nonword repetition task as a function of practice and nonword length and …

Purpose Developmental functional modules (DFMs) are biological modules that are defined
by their structural (morphological), functional, or developmental elements, and, in some …

The supplementary motor area (SMA) is implicated in planning, execution, and control of
speech production and limb movement. The SMA is among putative generators of pre …