Oral motor deficits in speech-impaired children with autism

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Belmonte, M.K. ORCID: 0000-0002-4633-9400, Saxena-Chandhok, T., Cherian, R., Muneer, R., George, L. and Karanth, P., 2013. Oral motor deficits in speech-impaired children with autism. Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience, 7. ISSN 1662-5145

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnint.2013.00047

Abstract

Absence of communicative speech in autism has been presumed to reflect a fundamental deficit in the use of language, but at least in a subpopulation may instead stem from motor and oral motor issues. Clinical reports of disparity between receptive vs. expressive speech/language abilities reinforce this hypothesis. Our early-intervention clinic develops skills prerequisite to learning and communication, including sitting, attending, and pointing or reference, in children below 6 years of age. In a cohort of 31 children, gross and fine motor skills and activities of daily living as well as receptive and expressive speech were assessed at intake and after 6 and 10 months of intervention. Oral motor skills were evaluated separately within the first 5 months of the child's enrolment in the intervention programme and again at 10 months of intervention. Assessment used a clinician-rated structured report, normed against samples of 360 (for motor and speech skills) and 90 (for oral motor skills) typically developing children matched for age, cultural environment and socio-economic status.

Item Type:

Journal article

Publication Title:

Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience

Creators:

Belmonte, M.K., Saxena-Chandhok, T., Cherian, R., Muneer, R., George, L. and Karanth, P.

Publisher:

Frontiers Research Foundation

Place of Publication:

Lausanne, Switzerland

Date:

2013