Speech Therapy for Children with Dysarthria Acquired before Three Years of Age
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
Pennington, L., Parker, N. K., et al. (2016).
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 7, CD006937.
This updated systematic review investigates the effect of speech therapy on speech intelligibility and communicative participation in children, 19 years or younger, with dysarthria acquired below three years of age.
The Cochrane Collaboration; Cerebra (United Kingdom); National Institute for Health Research (United Kingdom)
<div>No randomized controlled trials or quasi-experimental studies were identified. However, a number of observational studies were identified which suggest interventions following "motor learning principles may be associated with increases in speech intelligibility, precision of articulatory movements and voice quality and clarity for children with moderate and severe dysarthria" (p. 8).</div>
