Sequential and non-speech praxic abilities in developmental verbal apraxia.
Verbal and non-verbal sequential abilities were compared in a group of 10 children with developmental verbal apraxia. Manual gestures, constructional praxic abilities and non-speech volitional oral movements were also studied. Results indicated that these children were deficient in verbal sequential abilities, both with reference to their non-verbal sequential abilities and to normative data. As a group, the children did not present manual-gestural or constructional apraxias, nor oral apraxias for single non-speech volitional movements. However, most had difficulty with sequences of non-speech volitional oral movements.
D000293:Adolescent; D001072:Apraxias / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007806:Language Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D009055:Mouth / Q000503:physiopathology; D009068:Movement; D011581:Psychological Tests