articulation disorder

MedGen UID:: 2081
•Concept ID:: C0003910
•: Mental or Behavioral Dysfunction

Synonyms:	Articulation Disorder; Articulation Disorder, Speech; Articulation Disorders; Articulation Disorders, Speech; Disarticulation Disorder; Disarticulation Disorders; Disorder, Disarticulation; Disorders, Disarticulation; Impairment, Phonological; Impairment, Phonology; Impairments, Phonological; Impairments, Phonology; Misarticulation; Phonological Impairment; Phonological Impairments; Phonology Impairment; Phonology Impairments; Speech Articulation Disorder; Speech Articulation Disorders
SNOMED CT:	Articulation impairment (386701004); Articulation disorder (386701004)

Monarch Initiative:	MONDO:0002903

Definition

A disorder characterized by the failure to use developmentally expected speech sounds that are appropriate for the individual's age (i.e., the individual makes errors in sound production or use or omits sounds such as final consonants). [from MONDO]

Term Hierarchy

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MeSH

CClinical test, RResearch test, OOMIM, GGeneReviews, VClinVar

CROGVarticulation disorder

Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms
- Clinical finding
  - Neurologic Manifestations
    - Neurobehavioral Manifestations
      - communication disorder
        Speech disorder
        articulation disorder
        Dysarthria
        Nasal dysarthria
        Spastic dysarthria

Professional guidelines

PubMed

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: 25805060 Free PMC Article

Development of guideline for rating the physical impairment of otolaryngologic field.

Park CW, Do NY, Rha KS, Chung SM, Kwon YJ; Korean Academy of Medical Sciences
J Korean Med Sci 2009 May;24 Suppl 2(Suppl 2):S258-66. Epub 2009 May 31 doi: 10.3346/jkms.2009.24.S2.S258. PMID: 19503682 Free PMC Article

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Recent clinical studies

Therapy

Rehabilitation of speech disorders following glossectomy, based on ultrasound visual illustration and feedback.

Girod-Roux M, Hueber T, Fabre D, Gerber S, Canault M, Bedoin N, Acher A, Béziaud N, Truy E, Badin P
Clin Linguist Phon 2020 Sep 1;34(9):826-843. Epub 2020 Jan 28 doi: 10.1080/02699206.2019.1700310. PMID: 31992079

Three-dimensional ultrasound evaluation of tongue posture and its impact on articulation disorders in preschool children with anterior open bite.

Kravanja SL, Hocevar-Boltezar I, Music MM, Jarc A, Verdenik I, Ovsenik M
Radiol Oncol 2018 Sep 11;52(3):250-256. doi: 10.2478/raon-2018-0032. PMID: 30210041 Free PMC Article

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: 25805060 Free PMC Article

Naturalistic intervention in cleft palate children.

Pamplona MC, Ysunza A, Ramírez P
Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol 2004 Jan;68(1):75-81. doi: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2003.09.007. PMID: 14687690

Linguistic development in cleft palate patients with and without compensatory articulation disorder.

Pamplona MC, Ysunza A, González M, Ramírez E, Patiño C
Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol 2000 Aug 31;54(2-3):81-91. doi: 10.1016/s0165-5876(00)00332-3. PMID: 10967376

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Prognosis

Development of receptive vocabulary and verbal intelligence in Japanese children with unilateral hearing loss.

Takeyama T, Shimada A, Sakamoto Y, Aoki T, Kondo E, Nakano S, Fukuda J, Azuma T, Sato G, Okamoto H, Kitamura Y, Udaka J, Takeda N
Auris Nasus Larynx 2022 Jun;49(3):335-341. Epub 2021 Sep 9 doi: 10.1016/j.anl.2021.08.002. PMID: 34511300

Speech outcomes in children with 22q11.2 deletion syndrome following surgery for velopharyngeal insufficiency.

Jiramongkolchai P, Kumar MS, Sowder D, Chinnadurai S, Wootten CT, Goudy SL
Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol 2016 Sep;88:34-7. Epub 2016 Jun 29 doi: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2016.06.044. PMID: 27497383

Lingual nerve entrapment in muscular and osseous structures.

Piagkou M, Demesticha T, Piagkos G, Georgios A, Panagiotis S
Int J Oral Sci 2010 Dec;2(4):181-9. doi: 10.4248/IJOS10063. PMID: 21404967 Free PMC Article

The effect of ankyloglossia on speech in children.

Messner AH, Lalakea ML
Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2002 Dec;127(6):539-45. doi: 10.1067/mhn.2002.129731. PMID: 12501105

Linguistic development in cleft palate patients with and without compensatory articulation disorder.

Pamplona MC, Ysunza A, González M, Ramírez E, Patiño C
Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol 2000 Aug 31;54(2-3):81-91. doi: 10.1016/s0165-5876(00)00332-3. PMID: 10967376

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Clinical prediction guides

Development of receptive vocabulary and verbal intelligence in Japanese children with unilateral hearing loss.

Association between phonation and the vowel quadrilateral in patients with stroke: A retrospective observational study.

Park EJ, Kim JH, Choi YH, Son JE, Lee SA, Yoo SD
Medicine (Baltimore) 2020 Sep 25;99(39):e22236. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000022236. PMID: 32991418 Free PMC Article

Validation of Dodd's Model for Differential Diagnosis of childhood speech sound disorders: a longitudinal community cohort study.

Ttofari Eecen K, Eadie P, Morgan AT, Reilly S
Dev Med Child Neurol 2019 Jun;61(6):689-696. Epub 2018 Aug 27 doi: 10.1111/dmcn.13993. PMID: 30151900

Speech profile of patients undergoing primary palatoplasty.

Menegueti KI, Mangilli LD, Alonso N, Andrade CRF
Codas 2017 Oct 26;29(5):e20160146. doi: 10.1590/2317-1782/20172016146. PMID: 29091112

Changes of some functional speech disorders after surgical correction of skeletal anterior open bite.

Knez Ambrožič M, Hočevar Boltežar I, Ihan Hren N
Int J Rehabil Res 2015 Sep;38(3):246-52. doi: 10.1097/MRR.0000000000000123. PMID: 26164798

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