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Speech-sound disorders are common in preschool-age children, and are
characterized by difficulty in the planning and production of speech sounds and
their combination into words and sentences. The objective of this study was to
review and compare the results of the Sensory Profile (Dunn, 1999) in children
with a specific type of speech-sound disorder, childhood apraxia of speech (CAS),
and to explore the relationship between sensory processing and sound-production
deficits. Participants were identified prospectively through an interdisciplinary
apraxia clinic at a tertiary care pediatric hospital, and results of the Sensory
Profile were compiled and reviewed. Thirty-eight children aged 3 to 10 years with
suspected CAS were evaluated from July 2003 to July 2005. The results of the
Sensory Profile indicated a difference for these children in several factor
clusters when compared to typical peers from the normative population of the
Sensory Profile. These findings imply that children with suspected CAS may
present with differences in sensory processing in addition to speech impairment.
When present, these differences in sensory processing could be addressed with
specific therapeutic approaches through occupational therapy or consultation with
an occupational therapist.

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