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ArticleJournal of communication disorders

Characterizing sensorimotor profiles in children with residual speech sound disorder: a pilot study.

Heather Kabakoff, Olesia Gritsyk, Daphna Harel, Mark Tiede, Jonathan L Preston, D H Whalen, Tara McAllister

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Article in Journal of communication disorders. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 19% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Tongue Shape Complexity in Children With and Without Speech Sound Disorders.Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Heather KabakoffDepartment of Communicative Sciences and Disorders, New York University, 665 Broadway Floor 9, New York, NY, 10012, USA. Electronic address: heather.kabakoff@nyu.edu.
Olesia GritsykDepartment of Communicative Sciences and Disorders, New York University, 665 Broadway Floor 9, New York, NY, 10012, USA.
Daphna HarelCenter for the Practice and Research at the Intersection of Information, Society, and Methodology, New York University, 246 Greene Street Floor 2, New York, NY, 10003, USA.
Mark TiedeHaskins Laboratories, Yale University, 300 George Street Suite 900, New Haven, CT 06511, USA.
Jonathan L PrestonHaskins Laboratories, Yale University, 300 George Street Suite 900, New Haven, CT 06511, USA; Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Syracuse University, 621 Skytop Road Suite 1200, Syracuse, NY, 13244, USA.
D H WhalenHaskins Laboratories, Yale University, 300 George Street Suite 900, New Haven, CT 06511, USA; Department of Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences, The Graduate Center, City University of New York, 365 Fifth Avenue Floor 5, New York, NY, 10016, USA; Linguistics Department, Yale University, 370 Temple St, New Haven, CT, 06511, USA.
Tara McAllisterDepartment of Communicative Sciences and Disorders, New York University, 665 Broadway Floor 9, New York, NY, 10012, USA.
New York University · USHaskins Laboratories · USThe Graduate Center, CUNY · US

Funding

Making DeepEdge, a tool for ultrasound analysis, cloud-accessible.R01DC002717 · NIDCD · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI WHALEN, DOUGLAS H · 1996 to 2022
$12.8M
Biofeedback-Enhanced Treatment for Speech Sound Disorder: Randomized Controlled Trial and Delineation of Sensorimotor SubtypesR01DC017476 · NIDCD · NEW YORK UNIVERSITY · PI Tara McAllister · 2019 to 2026
$5.3M
Improving clinical speech remediation with ultrasound technologyR01DC013668 · NIDCD · CUNY GRADUATE SCH AND UNIV CTR · PI BOYCE, SUZANNE ELIZABETH, WHALEN, DOUGLAS H · 2014 to 2018
$3.4M
Establishing the Role of Sensorimotor Skills in Speech Development and DisordersF31DC018197 · NIDCD · NEW YORK UNIVERSITY · PI KABAKOFF, HEATHER M · 2019 to 2020
$55k
NIDCD NIH HHS F31 DC018197NIDCD NIH HHS R01 DC013668NIDCD NIH HHS R01 DC017476
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeChildren with speech errors who have reduced motor skill may be more likely to develop residual errors associated with lifelong challenges. Drawing on models of speech production that highlight the role of somatosensory acuity in updating motor plans, this pilot study explored the relationship between motor skill and speech accuracy, and between somatosensory acuity and motor skill in children. Understanding the connections among sensorimotor measures and speech outcomes may offer insight into how somatosensation and motor skill cooperate during speech production, which could inform treatment decisions for this population.

methodTwenty-five children (ages 9-14) produced syllables in an /ɹ/ stimulability task before and after an ultrasound biofeedback treatment program targeting rhotics. We first tested whether motor skill (as measured by two ultrasound-based metrics of tongue shape complexity) predicted acoustically measured accuracy (the normalized difference between the second and third formant frequencies). We then tested whether somatosensory acuity (as measured by an oral stereognosis task) predicted motor skill, while controlling for auditory acuity.

resultsOne measure of tongue shape complexity was a significant predictor of accuracy, such that higher tongue shape complexity was associated with lower accuracy at pre-treatment but higher accuracy at post-treatment. Based on the same measure, children with better somatosensory acuity produced /ɹ/ tongue shapes that were more complex, but this relationship was only present at post-treatment.

conclusionThe predicted relationships among somatosensory acuity, motor skill, and acoustically measured /ɹ/ production accuracy were observed after treatment, but unexpectedly did not hold before treatment. The surprising finding that greater tongue shape complexity was associated with lower accuracy at pre-treatment highlights the importance of evaluating tongue shape patterns (e.g., using ultrasound) prior to treatment, and has the potential to suggest that children with high tongue shape complexity at pre-treatment may be good candidates for ultrasound-based treatment.

Indexed as

ApraxiasLanguage Development DisordersSpeech Sound DisorderStutteringAdolescentChildHumansPilot ProjectsSpeechSpeech Production Measurementresidual speech sound disordersomatosensory skillspeech sound disordertongue shape complexityultrasound biofeedback treatmentultrasound imaging

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PMID35728449
PMCPMC9464712
OpenAlexW4281677077

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