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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]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVSpeech-sound disorder

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Music and musical elements in the treatment of childhood speech sound disorders: A systematic review of the literature.
van Tellingen M, Hurkmans J, Terband H, Jonkers R, Maassen B
Int J Speech Lang Pathol 2023 Aug;25(4):549-565. Epub 2022 Jul 28 doi: 10.1080/17549507.2022.2097310. PMID: 35900281
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
Automated phonological analysis and treatment target selection using AutoPATT.
Combiths P, Amberg R, Hedlund G, Rose Y, Barlow JA
Clin Linguist Phon 2022 Mar 4;36(2-3):203-218. Epub 2021 Jun 4 doi: 10.1080/02699206.2021.1896782. PMID: 34085574Free PMC Article

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Tongue Shape Complexity in Children With and Without Speech Sound Disorders.
Dokovova M, Sugden E, Cartney G, Schaeffler S, Cleland J
J Speech Lang Hear Res 2023 Jul 12;66(7):2164-2183. Epub 2023 Jun 2 doi: 10.1044/2023_JSLHR-22-00472. PMID: 37267440
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
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
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

Considerations for identifying subtypes of speech sound disorder.
Rvachew S, Matthews T
Int J Lang Commun Disord 2024 Nov-Dec;59(6):2146-2157. Epub 2024 Sep 4 doi: 10.1111/1460-6984.13108. PMID: 39230254
Considerations of dialect on the identification of speech sound disorder in Vietnamese-speaking children.
Phạm B, McLeod S
Int J Lang Commun Disord 2024 Nov-Dec;59(6):2208-2216. Epub 2023 Dec 17 doi: 10.1111/1460-6984.12992. PMID: 38105629
How to cut the pie is no piece of cake: Toward a process-oriented approach to assessment and diagnosis of speech sound disorders.
Littlejohn M, Maas E
Int J Lang Commun Disord 2024 Nov-Dec;59(6):2158-2180. Epub 2023 Jul 22 doi: 10.1111/1460-6984.12934. PMID: 37483105
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
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

Considerations for identifying subtypes of speech sound disorder.
Rvachew S, Matthews T
Int J Lang Commun Disord 2024 Nov-Dec;59(6):2146-2157. Epub 2024 Sep 4 doi: 10.1111/1460-6984.13108. PMID: 39230254
How differences in anatomy and physiology and other aetiology affect the way we label and describe speech in individuals with cleft lip and palate.
Pereira VJ, Sell D
Int J Lang Commun Disord 2024 Nov-Dec;59(6):2181-2196. Epub 2023 Aug 31 doi: 10.1111/1460-6984.12946. PMID: 37650488
Tongue Shape Complexity in Children With and Without Speech Sound Disorders.
Dokovova M, Sugden E, Cartney G, Schaeffler S, Cleland J
J Speech Lang Hear Res 2023 Jul 12;66(7):2164-2183. Epub 2023 Jun 2 doi: 10.1044/2023_JSLHR-22-00472. PMID: 37267440
Tutorial: Using Visual-Acoustic Biofeedback for Speech Sound Training.
Hitchcock ER, Ochs LC, Swartz MT, Leece MC, Preston JL, McAllister T
Am J Speech Lang Pathol 2023 Jan 11;32(1):18-36. Epub 2023 Jan 9 doi: 10.1044/2022_AJSLP-22-00142. PMID: 36623212Free PMC Article
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

Considerations for identifying subtypes of speech sound disorder.
Rvachew S, Matthews T
Int J Lang Commun Disord 2024 Nov-Dec;59(6):2146-2157. Epub 2024 Sep 4 doi: 10.1111/1460-6984.13108. PMID: 39230254
Considerations of dialect on the identification of speech sound disorder in Vietnamese-speaking children.
Phạm B, McLeod S
Int J Lang Commun Disord 2024 Nov-Dec;59(6):2208-2216. Epub 2023 Dec 17 doi: 10.1111/1460-6984.12992. PMID: 38105629
Tongue Shape Complexity in Children With and Without Speech Sound Disorders.
Dokovova M, Sugden E, Cartney G, Schaeffler S, Cleland J
J Speech Lang Hear Res 2023 Jul 12;66(7):2164-2183. Epub 2023 Jun 2 doi: 10.1044/2023_JSLHR-22-00472. PMID: 37267440
Tutorial: Using Visual-Acoustic Biofeedback for Speech Sound Training.
Hitchcock ER, Ochs LC, Swartz MT, Leece MC, Preston JL, McAllister T
Am J Speech Lang Pathol 2023 Jan 11;32(1):18-36. Epub 2023 Jan 9 doi: 10.1044/2022_AJSLP-22-00142. PMID: 36623212Free PMC Article
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

Music and musical elements in the treatment of childhood speech sound disorders: A systematic review of the literature.
van Tellingen M, Hurkmans J, Terband H, Jonkers R, Maassen B
Int J Speech Lang Pathol 2023 Aug;25(4):549-565. Epub 2022 Jul 28 doi: 10.1080/17549507.2022.2097310. PMID: 35900281
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
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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