Tag: speech

Poor speech perception abilities are not a core feature of childhood apraxia of speech.

What do Lady Gaga and Jennifer Zuk’s all-star research team have in common? (Hint: not meat dresses nor poker faces). It’s their interest in the syllable “ga.” Let me explain. Zuk et al. have investigated the role that speech perception plays for children who have childhood apraxia of speech (CAS). Specifically, they utilized “ga-da” syllable…