Consonants in Cri du chat syndrome: a case study.
This article reports on a longitudinal case study of consonant productions in one Norwegian girl with Cri du chat syndrome from age 4;6 to age 9;4. It was shown that she had many articulation errors throughout the period of observation. Furthermore, these errors were shown to fall into three main categories: (1) errors of differentiation and tuning, (2) errors of coordination and sequencing, and (3) missing gestures. Also, omissions of segments were reported to be frequent. In sum, the consonant productions by this girl were found to be both delayed and deviant, as compared to normally developing children. The number of errors, however, decreased as she grew older, resulting in more accurate renditions of the target words.
Kristoffersen
Kristian Emil
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Department of Linguistics and Scandinavian Studies, University of Oslo, PO Box 1102, Blindern, N-0317 Oslo, Norway. k.e.kristoffersen@iln.uio.no
D001184:Articulation Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003410:Cri-du-Chat Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D007805:Language Development Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D007808:Language Therapy; D013068:Speech Production Measurement; D013070:Speech Therapy; D014825:Vocabulary