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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
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
Prevalence of hearing loss in children with 22q11.2 deletion syndrome.
Jiramongkolchai P, Kumar MS, Chinnadurai S, Wootten CT, Goudy SL
Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol 2016 Aug;87:130-3. Epub 2016 Jun 7 doi: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2016.06.005. PMID: 27368459
CNTNAP2 Is Significantly Associated With Speech Sound Disorder in the Chinese Han Population.
Zhao YJ, Wang YP, Yang WZ, Sun HW, Ma HW, Zhao YR
J Child Neurol 2015 Nov;30(13):1806-11. Epub 2015 Apr 20 doi: 10.1177/0883073815581609. PMID: 25895914
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
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
Speech sound classification and detection of articulation disorders with support vector machines and wavelets.
Georgoulas G, Georgopoulos VC, Stylios CD
Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc 2006;2006:2199-202. doi: 10.1109/IEMBS.2006.259499. PMID: 17946095

Therapy

Palatal augmentation prostheses in individuals treated for head and neck cancer: Effects on speech and oral transport.
Löfhede H, Wertsén M, Havstam C
Head Neck 2020 Aug;42(8):1882-1892. Epub 2020 Feb 27 doi: 10.1002/hed.26124. PMID: 32104959
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
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
Speech outcomes in children with 22q11.2 deletion syndrome following surgery for velopharyngeal insufficiency.
Jiramongkolchai P, Kumar MS, Sowder D, Chinnadurai S, Wootten CT, Goudy SL
Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol 2016 Sep;88:34-7. Epub 2016 Jun 29 doi: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2016.06.044. PMID: 27497383
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

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
Speech profile of patients undergoing primary palatoplasty.
Menegueti KI, Mangilli LD, Alonso N, Andrade CRF
Codas 2017 Oct 26;29(5):e20160146. doi: 10.1590/2317-1782/20172016146. PMID: 29091112
Speech outcomes in children with 22q11.2 deletion syndrome following surgery for velopharyngeal insufficiency.
Jiramongkolchai P, Kumar MS, Sowder D, Chinnadurai S, Wootten CT, Goudy SL
Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol 2016 Sep;88:34-7. Epub 2016 Jun 29 doi: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2016.06.044. PMID: 27497383
Changes of some functional speech disorders after surgical correction of skeletal anterior open bite.
Knez Ambrožič M, Hočevar Boltežar I, Ihan Hren N
Int J Rehabil Res 2015 Sep;38(3):246-52. doi: 10.1097/MRR.0000000000000123. PMID: 26164798
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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