About half of patients with primary progressive
apraxia of speech will develop neurological difficulties within four or five years, usually motor control issues — for instance, difficulty controlling eye or limb movements, urinary incontinence, or a syndrome called progressive supernuclear palsy.
Primary progressive
apraxia of speech can be a precursor to other neurodegenerative problems, possibly the first or only indicator, Duffy said.
Tau's distribution in the brain's neurons is similar to the distribution of primary progressive
apraxia of speech and in progressive supernuclear palsy, he said.
«When the brain is injured or damaged in some way, we can damage that programming mechanism, and when we do that we have what we call
apraxia of speech,» Duffy said.
In our previous article, Childhood
Apraxia of Speech, we discussed some characteristics of suspected
apraxia of speech in toddlers.
To redefine childhood
apraxia of speech (CAS), it is a motor speech disorder.
Parents of children with disorders such as autism,
apraxia of speech, and stuttering issues may want to consult with a speech therapist before getting started.
With
apraxia of speech a person finds it difficult or impossible to move his or her mouth and tongue in fluency motion to form speech and speak.
Childhood
apraxia of speech (CAS) is a disorder of the nervous system that affects a child's ability to say sounds, syllables, and words.
There's help for children who have delayed or disordered speech or language development,
apraxia of speech and other articulation difficulties, and other issues that slow down this developmental process.
Many kids with speech delays have a problem with communication in the areas of the brain responsible for speech production due to problems such as childhood
apraxia of speech (CAS).
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Children who have
apraxia are often, but not always, mildly clumsy (they have difficulty with the precise control
of many muscles, not just the ones used for speech).