CAS: SIMILAR HOOFBEATS, BUT NOT A HORSE. (cover story)

ARTICULATION disorders; MEDICAL history taking; OTITIS media; PHYSICAL diagnosis; SPEECH evaluation; SPEECH perception; DISEASE relapse; PROMPTS (Psychology); SPEECH apraxia; SYMPTOMS

The article focuses on the assessment and diagnosis of childhood apraxia of speech, a less commonly observed speech sound disorder, by speech-language pathologists. If suspected, SLP approach evaluation with a differential diagnosis ear to rule in and rule out sources of impairment. Tools used for a comprehensive child communication evaluation include standardized articulation and language tests, oral structural-functional exam and elicited speech samples.