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Speech aeromechanics and the dysarthrias: implications for children with traumatic brain injury
1Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Southwest Missouri State University, Springfield, Missouri 65804, USA. ron661f@smsu.edu
The Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation
|September 28, 2001
Abstract
Background:
In addition to cognitive, linguistic, neurobehavioral, and physical challenges, children and adolescents with traumatic brain injury can have a dysarthria that compromises intelligibility and speaking effort.
Objective:
The focus of this article is on an aeromechanical approach to understanding, evaluating, and treating the moderate-severe dysarthrias in these children.