Title |
Non‐speech oral motor treatment for children with developmental speech sound disorders
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Published in |
Cochrane database of systematic reviews, March 2015
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DOI | 10.1002/14651858.cd009383.pub2 |
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Authors |
Alice S‐Y Lee, Fiona E Gibbon |
Abstract |
Children with developmental speech sound disorders have difficulties in producing the speech sounds of their native language. These speech difficulties could be due to structural, sensory or neurophysiological causes (e.g. hearing impairment), but more often the cause of the problem is unknown. One treatment approach used by speech-language therapists/pathologists is non-speech oral motor treatment (NSOMT). NSOMTs are non-speech activities that aim to stimulate or improve speech production and treat specific speech errors. For example, using exercises such as smiling, pursing, blowing into horns, blowing bubbles, and lip massage to target lip mobility for the production of speech sounds involving the lips, such as /p/, /b/, and /m/. The efficacy of this treatment approach is controversial, and evidence regarding the efficacy of NSOMTs needs to be examined. |
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