Apraxia of speech: an overview.

Full Abstract

Apraxia of speech (AOS) is a motor speech disorder that can occur in the absence of aphasia or dysarthria. AOS has been the subject of some controversy since the disorder was first named and described by Darley and his Mayo Clinic colleagues in the 1960s. A recent revival of interest in AOS is due in part to the fact that it is often the first symptom of neurodegenerative diseases, such as primary progressive aphasia and corticobasal degeneration. This article will provide a brief review of terminology associated with AOS, its clinical hallmarks and neuroanatomical correlates. Current models of motor programming will also be addressed as they relate to AOS and finally, typical treatment strategies used in rehabilitating the articulation and prosody deficits associated with AOS will be summarized.

Author information

Author/s: Ogar, Jennifer (J); Slama, Hilary (H); Dronkers, Nina (N); Amici, Serena (S); Gorno-Tempini, Maria Luisa (ML);

Affiliation: UCSF Memory and Aging Center, San Francisco, CA 94143-1207, USA.

Grants: 1 P50 AG-03-006-01 (Agency:NIA NIH HHS) ; 5P01 AG019724-02 (Agency:NIA NIH HHS) ; M01 RR00079 (Agency:NCRR NIH HHS) ; R01 NS50915 (Agency:NINDS NIH HHS)

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Review

Journal: Neurocase : case studies in neuropsychology, neuropsychiatry, and behavioural neurology (Neurocase), published in England. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2005-Dec; vol 11 (issue 6) : pp 427-32

Dates: Created 2006/01/05; Completed 2006/02/09; Revised 2007/11/14;

PMID: 16393756, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 2/18/2009, IMS Date: 18 Feb 2009 00:00:00)

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