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Speech Articulation In Children With Williams Syndrome Or 7q11.23 Duplication Syndrome., Myra Jean Fallon Huffman
Speech Articulation In Children With Williams Syndrome Or 7q11.23 Duplication Syndrome., Myra Jean Fallon Huffman
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Williams syndrome (WS) and 7q11.23 duplication syndrome (Dup7) are associated with communication disorders (Huffman et al., 2013). However, articulatory accuracy has not been systematically examined in these populations. The dissertation involved two studies. Using standardized citation assessment, Study 1 addressed articulatory accuracy with regard to age norms and differences between groups. Results indicated that for both groups, (a) consonant accuracy was significantly below expectations, (b) older children pronounced consonants with significantly better accuracy than younger children, (c) children with IQs at or above 70 earned significantly higher articulation standard scores, and (d) for particular groups of consonant sounds, arranged as …