Error Consistency in Acquired Apraxia of Speech With Aphasia: Effects of the Analysis Unit

Conclusions Low to moderate consistency of error type at the word level confirms original diagnostic accounts of speech output and sound errors in AOS as variable in form. Moderate to high error type consistency at the syllable and sound levels indicate that phonetic error patterns are present. The results are complementary and logically compatible with each other and with the literature.
Source: Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research - Category: Speech-Language Pathology Source Type: research