Speech Control In Children With Down Syndrome

1st January, 2008

Article, Down Syndrome, SLP, Stuttering

[Image: boydown.JPG] By: Peter Howell

This article can be found on Down Syndrome Online. Down Syndrome Online offers comprehensive information about Down syndrome, including articles, books and scientific papers.
Two areas where speech fluency problems arise, the motor system and the speech-language interface, are
described and their implications for characterising the dysfluencies made by children with Down syndrome are
discussed. Research topics are identified and implications for the treatment of speech problems in children with
Down syndrome are drawn.
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