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American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology Vol.12 376-380 August 2003. doi:10.1044/1058-0360(2003/083)
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Diagnostic Criteria of Developmental Apraxia of Speech Used by Clinical Speech-Language Pathologists

Karen Forrest 1
1 Indiana University, Bloomington

kforrest{at}indiana.edu

The diagnostic criteria used to identify developmental apraxia of speech (DAS) have been at the center of controversy for decades. Despite the difficulty in determining the characteristics that differentiate DAS from other speech acquisition disorders, many children are identified with this disorder. The current report presents the criteria used by 75 speechlanguage pathologists to establish a diagnosis of DAS. Although 50 different characteristics were identified, 6 of these characteristics accounted for 51.5% of the responses. These characteristics included inconsistent productions, general oral-motor difficulties, groping, inability to imitate sounds, increasing difficulty with increased utterance length, and poor sequencing of sounds. These results are consistent with the general ambiguity of the diagnostic criteria of DAS and suggest that no single deficit is used among clinicians.

Key Words: developmental apraxia, children, speech, diagnosis

Submitted on December 10, 2001
Accepted on February 19, 2003


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