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Speech-sound disorder(SSD)

MedGen UID:
866372
•Concept ID:
C4019167
•
Mental or Behavioral Dysfunction
Synonym: SSD
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0012038
OMIM®: 608445

Definition

Persistent difficulty with speech sound production such that it interferes with verbal communication. [from MeSH]

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Introduction: Innovations in Treatment for Children With Speech Sound Disorders.
Farquharson K, Tambyraja S
Lang Speech Hear Serv Sch 2022 Jul 6;53(3):627-631. Epub 2022 Jun 28 doi: 10.1044/2022_LSHSS-22-00065. PMID: 35763415
Speech Sound Disorder Treatment Approaches Used by School-Based Clinicians: An Application of the Experience Sampling Method.
Cabbage K, Farquharson K, DeVeney S
Lang Speech Hear Serv Sch 2022 Jul 6;53(3):860-873. Epub 2022 May 31 doi: 10.1044/2022_LSHSS-21-00167. PMID: 35640104
Speech Sound Disorder and Visual Biofeedback Intervention: A Preliminary Investigation of Treatment Intensity.
Hitchcock ER, Swartz MT, Lopez M
Semin Speech Lang 2019 Mar;40(2):124-137. Epub 2019 Feb 22 doi: 10.1055/s-0039-1677763. PMID: 30795023

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Speech Error Variability and Phonological Awareness in Preschoolers.
Roepke E, Brosseau-Lapré F
Am J Speech Lang Pathol 2023 Jan 11;32(1):246-263. Epub 2022 Dec 29 doi: 10.1044/2022_AJSLP-22-00031. PMID: 36580542Free PMC Article
Implementing Speech Perception and Phonological Awareness Intervention for Children With Speech Sound Disorders.
Brosseau-Lapré F, Roepke E
Lang Speech Hear Serv Sch 2022 Jul 6;53(3):646-658. Epub 2022 Apr 4 doi: 10.1044/2022_LSHSS-21-00117. PMID: 35377730
Indicators of speech fluency in stuttering and in phonological disorder.
Alencar PBA, Palharini TA, Silva LMD, Oliveira CMC, Berti LC
Codas 2020;32(2):e20190002. Epub 2020 Apr 3 doi: 10.1590/2317-1782/20192019002. PMID: 32267336
Exploring the Overlap Between Dyslexia and Speech Sound Production Deficits.
Cabbage KL, Farquharson K, Iuzzini-Seigel J, Zuk J, Hogan TP
Lang Speech Hear Serv Sch 2018 Oct 24;49(4):774-786. doi: 10.1044/2018_LSHSS-DYSLC-18-0008. PMID: 30458539
Non-speech oral motor treatment for children with developmental speech sound disorders.
Lee AS, Gibbon FE
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2015 Mar 25;2015(3):CD009383. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD009383.pub2. PMID: 25805060Free PMC Article

Diagnosis

Speech Sound Disorders in Children.
Cabbage K
Semin Speech Lang 2019 Mar;40(2):79-80. Epub 2019 Feb 22 doi: 10.1055/s-0039-1677758. PMID: 30795018
Exploring the Overlap Between Dyslexia and Speech Sound Production Deficits.
Cabbage KL, Farquharson K, Iuzzini-Seigel J, Zuk J, Hogan TP
Lang Speech Hear Serv Sch 2018 Oct 24;49(4):774-786. doi: 10.1044/2018_LSHSS-DYSLC-18-0008. PMID: 30458539
A Computer-Based Speech Sound Disorder Screening System Architecture.
Mahmut EE, Nicola S, Stoicu-Tivadar V
Stud Health Technol Inform 2018;251:39-42. PMID: 29968596
Evaluation of Speech and Resonance for Children with Craniofacial Anomalies.
Kummer AW
Facial Plast Surg Clin North Am 2016 Nov;24(4):445-451. doi: 10.1016/j.fsc.2016.06.003. PMID: 27712812
Non-speech oral motor treatment for children with developmental speech sound disorders.
Lee AS, Gibbon FE
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2015 Mar 25;2015(3):CD009383. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD009383.pub2. PMID: 25805060Free PMC Article

Therapy

Preschool children's consistency of word production.
Holm A, van Reyk O, Crosbie S, De Bono S, Morgan A, Dodd B
Clin Linguist Phon 2023 Mar 4;37(3):223-241. Epub 2022 Feb 24 doi: 10.1080/02699206.2022.2041099. PMID: 35200086
Interventions for pre-school children with co-occurring phonological speech sound disorder and expressive language difficulties: A scoping review.
Rodgers L, Harding S, Rees R, Clarke MT
Int J Lang Commun Disord 2022 Jul;57(4):700-716. Epub 2022 Apr 3 doi: 10.1111/1460-6984.12719. PMID: 35373429
Implicit learning in children with Childhood Apraxia of Speech.
Bombonato C, Casalini C, Pecini C, Angelucci G, Vicari S, Podda I, Cipriani P, Chilosi AM, Menghini D
Res Dev Disabil 2022 Mar;122:104170. Epub 2022 Jan 11 doi: 10.1016/j.ridd.2021.104170. PMID: 35030467
Non-speech oral motor treatment for children with developmental speech sound disorders.
Lee AS, Gibbon FE
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2015 Mar 25;2015(3):CD009383. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD009383.pub2. PMID: 25805060Free PMC Article
Intervention efficacy and intensity for children with speech sound disorder.
Allen MM
J Speech Lang Hear Res 2013 Jun;56(3):865-77. Epub 2012 Dec 28 doi: 10.1044/1092-4388(2012/11-0076). PMID: 23275415

Prognosis

Sequencing Deficits and Phonological Speech Errors, But Not Articulation Errors, Predict Later Literacy Skills.
Boada KL, Boada R, Pennington BF, Peterson RL
J Speech Lang Hear Res 2022 Jun 8;65(6):2081-2097. Epub 2022 Apr 26 doi: 10.1044/2022_JSLHR-21-00241. PMID: 35472280Free PMC Article
Phonological complexity in intervention for Spanish-speaking children with speech sound disorder.
Combiths P, Pruitt-Lord S, Escobedo A, Barlow JA
Clin Linguist Phon 2022 Mar 4;36(2-3):219-240. Epub 2021 Jun 10 doi: 10.1080/02699206.2021.1936186. PMID: 34112044Free PMC Article
Reading Risk in Children With Speech Sound Disorder: Prevalence, Persistence, and Predictors.
Tambyraja SR, Farquharson K, Justice L
J Speech Lang Hear Res 2020 Nov 13;63(11):3714-3726. Epub 2020 Sep 30 doi: 10.1044/2020_JSLHR-20-00108. PMID: 32997596
Predicting speech-sound disorder outcomes in school-age children with hearing loss: The VicCHILD experience.
St John M, Columbus G, Brignell A, Carew P, Skeat J, Reilly S, Morgan AT
Int J Lang Commun Disord 2020 Jul;55(4):537-546. Epub 2020 May 6 doi: 10.1111/1460-6984.12536. PMID: 32374456
Exploring the Overlap Between Dyslexia and Speech Sound Production Deficits.
Cabbage KL, Farquharson K, Iuzzini-Seigel J, Zuk J, Hogan TP
Lang Speech Hear Serv Sch 2018 Oct 24;49(4):774-786. doi: 10.1044/2018_LSHSS-DYSLC-18-0008. PMID: 30458539

Clinical prediction guides

Neural Changes in Children With Residual Speech Sound Disorder After Ultrasound Biofeedback Speech Therapy.
Spencer C, Vannest J, Preston JL, Maas E, Sizemore ER, McAllister T, Whalen DH, Maloney T, Boyce S
J Speech Lang Hear Res 2023 Sep 13;66(9):3223-3241. Epub 2023 Jul 31 doi: 10.1044/2023_JSLHR-22-00430. PMID: 37524116Free PMC Article
Sequencing Deficits and Phonological Speech Errors, But Not Articulation Errors, Predict Later Literacy Skills.
Boada KL, Boada R, Pennington BF, Peterson RL
J Speech Lang Hear Res 2022 Jun 8;65(6):2081-2097. Epub 2022 Apr 26 doi: 10.1044/2022_JSLHR-21-00241. PMID: 35472280Free PMC Article
Speech perception in noise in children with dyslexia: Does speech sound disorder matter?
Mari G, Picciotti PM, Martina BM, Loperfido A, Zagari F, Proietti I, Longobardi Y, D'Alatri L
Dyslexia 2022 May;28(2):202-211. Epub 2022 Mar 2 doi: 10.1002/dys.1710. PMID: 35234325
Speech Sound Disorder and Visual Biofeedback Intervention: A Preliminary Investigation of Treatment Intensity.
Hitchcock ER, Swartz MT, Lopez M
Semin Speech Lang 2019 Mar;40(2):124-137. Epub 2019 Feb 22 doi: 10.1055/s-0039-1677763. PMID: 30795023
Exploring the Overlap Between Dyslexia and Speech Sound Production Deficits.
Cabbage KL, Farquharson K, Iuzzini-Seigel J, Zuk J, Hogan TP
Lang Speech Hear Serv Sch 2018 Oct 24;49(4):774-786. doi: 10.1044/2018_LSHSS-DYSLC-18-0008. PMID: 30458539

Recent systematic reviews

A Systematic Review of Interventions for Multilingual Preschoolers With Speech and Language Difficulties.
Crowe K, Cuervo S, Guiberson M, Washington KN
J Speech Lang Hear Res 2021 Nov 8;64(11):4413-4438. Epub 2021 Sep 23 doi: 10.1044/2021_JSLHR-21-00073. PMID: 34554866
Automated speech analysis tools for children's speech production: A systematic literature review.
McKechnie J, Ahmed B, Gutierrez-Osuna R, Monroe P, McCabe P, Ballard KJ
Int J Speech Lang Pathol 2018 Nov;20(6):583-598. Epub 2018 Jul 11 doi: 10.1080/17549507.2018.1477991. PMID: 29996691
A systematic review and classification of interventions for speech-sound disorder in preschool children.
Wren Y, Harding S, Goldbart J, Roulstone S
Int J Lang Commun Disord 2018 May;53(3):446-467. Epub 2018 Jan 16 doi: 10.1111/1460-6984.12371. PMID: 29341346
A Systematic Review of Speech Assessments for Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder: Recommendations for Best Practice.
Broome K, McCabe P, Docking K, Doble M
Am J Speech Lang Pathol 2017 Aug 15;26(3):1011-1029. doi: 10.1044/2017_AJSLP-16-0014. PMID: 28772287
Non-speech oral motor treatment for children with developmental speech sound disorders.
Lee AS, Gibbon FE
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2015 Mar 25;2015(3):CD009383. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD009383.pub2. PMID: 25805060Free PMC Article

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