title: Developmental apraxia: diagnostic considerations.
abstract: This study compares the performance of developmentally apraxic children with that of children who have functional articulation disorders on a battery of diagnostic tests. Based on preliminary data, tests which assess auditory attention, auditory discrimination, auditory memory, oral-tactile feedback, and isolated and sequenced volitional oral movements appear to be useful in a differential diagnosis of articulatory defective children and, thus, warrant further study. Implications of these findings are discussed.
mesh_terms: D001072:Apraxias / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001184:Articulation Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006320:Hearing Tests; D006801:Humans; D007807:Language Tests