The 2022 Conference on Motor Speech brought together speech scientists, clinicians, physicians, and others to discuss new developments in treatment of clients with diagnoses such as apraxia of speech, dysarthria, and more. ASHA Journals brings highlights from this meeting to our readers in the form of two special issues of AJSLP and JSLHR.

Clinical and Theoretical Applications

Each special issue discusses new treatment ideas across the lifespan. The AJSLP special issue focuses on clinical applications in the treatment of motor speech disorders. Guest Editor Mili Kuruvilla-Dugdale showcases articles focusing on new approaches for treating a variety of motor speech disorders, including childhood apraxia of speech and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).

Meanwhile, in the JSLHR special issue, Guest Editor Edwin Maas focuses on theoretical models. These articles present new methods and technologies and explore the potential of this research to help patients in the future.

More on Motor Speech

If these dual special issues leave you wanting more, check out ASHAWire’s Topics Page to find exactly what you’re looking for. Our 40 topics include a number of topics covered in these issues—notably, apraxia of speech (including childhood apraxia of speech) and dysarthria.

We’d like to thank Drs. Kuruvilla-Dugdale and Maas for continuing the tradition of sharing the newest research trends on the topic of speech motor control as it applies tospeech production in children and adults from the biannual Conference on Motor Speech. You can read the special issues and the 25 articles below.

Explore the Special Issues

AJSLP Special Issue: Selected Papers From the 2022 Conference on Motor Speech—Clinical Science and Implications

JSLHR Special Issue: Selected Papers From the 2022 Conference on Motor Speech—Basic Science and Clinical Innovation

Read the Articles

Allison, K., Stoeckel, R., Olsen, E., Tallman, S., & Iuzzini-Seigel, J. (2023). Motor speech phenotypes in children with epilepsy: Preliminary findings. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 32(4S), 1912–1922. https://doi.org/10.1044/2022_AJSLP-22-00176

Benham, S., Wisler, A., Berlin, J., Wang, J., & Goffman, L. (2023). Acoustic and kinematic methods of indexing spatiotemporal stability in children with developmental language disorder. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 66(7S), 3026–3037. https://doi.org/10.1044/2022_JSLHR-22-00290

Bouvier, L., Green, J. R., Barnett Tapia, C., Tilton-Bolowsky, V., Maffei, M. F., Fless, Z., Seaver, K., Huynh, A., Gutz, S. E., Martino, R., Abrahao, A., Berry, J., Zinman, L., & Yunusova, Y. (2023). Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis–Bulbar Dysfunction Index–Remote: Test–retest and interrater reliability of candidate items. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 32(4S), 1884–1900. https://doi.org/10.1044/2023_AJSLP-22-00177

Buchwald, A., & Cheng, H.-S. (2023). Factors affecting nonnative consonant cluster learning. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 66(7S), 3038–3051. https://doi.org/10.1044/2022_JSLHR-22-00322

Cao, B., Ravi, S., Sebkhi, N., Bhavsar, A., Inan, O. T., Xu, W., & Wang, J. (2023). MagTrack: A wearable tongue motion tracking system for silent speech interfaces. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 66(7S), 3206–3221. https://doi.org/10.1044/2023_JSLHR-22-00319

Case, J., Wang, E. W., & Grigos, M. I. (2023). The Multilevel Word Accuracy Composite Scale: A novel measure of speech production in childhood apraxia of speech. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 32(4S), 1866–1883. https://doi.org/10.1044/2023_AJSLP-22-00166

Haley, K. L., & Jacks, A. (2023). Three-dimensional speech profiles in stroke aphasia and apraxia of speech. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 32(4S), 1825–1834. https://doi.org/10.1044/2022_AJSLP-22-00170

Hustad, K. C., Mahr, T. J., Soriano, J. U., & Rathouz, P. J. (2023). Developmental cut-points for atypical speech intelligibility in children with cerebral palsy. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 66(7S), 3089–3099. https://doi.org/10.1044/2022_JSLHR-22-00310

Jafari, D., Simmatis, L., Guarin, D., Bouvier, L., Taati, B., & Yunusova, Y. (2023). 3D video tracking technology in the assessment of orofacial impairments in neurological disease: Clinical validation. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 66(7S), 3151–3165. https://doi.org/10.1044/2023_JSLHR-22-00321

Kadambi, P., Stegmann, G. M., Liss, J., Berisha, V., & Hahn, S. (2023). Wav2DDK: Analytical and clinical validation of an automated diadochokinetic rate estimation algorithm on remotely collected speech. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 66(7S), 3166–3181. https://doi.org/10.1044/2023_JSLHR-22-00282

Keller, S., & Maas, E. (2023). Self-reported communication attitudes of children with childhood apraxia of speech: An exploratory study. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 32(4S), 1806–1824. https://doi.org/10.1044/2022_AJSLP-22-00163

Knowles, T., & Badh, G. (2023). Impact of face masks on speech in Parkinson’s disease: Effect of clear and loud speech styles. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 66(7S), 3052–3075. https://doi.org/10.1044/2022_JSLHR-22-00291

Kuo, C., & Berry, J. (2023). The relationship between acoustic and kinematic vowel space areas with and without normalization for speakers with and without dysarthria. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 32(4S), 1923–1937. https://doi.org/10.1044/2023_AJSLP-22-00158

Long, H. L., & Hustad, K. C. (2023). Marginal and canonical babbling in 10 infants at risk for cerebral palsy. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 32(4S), 1835–1849. https://doi.org/10.1044/2022_AJSLP-22-00165

Mahr, T. J., & Hustad, K. C. (2023). Lexical predictors of intelligibility in young children’s speech. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 66(7S), 3013–3025. https://doi.org/10.1044/2022_JSLHR-22-00294

Moya-Galé, G., Wisler, A. A., Walsh, S. J., McAuliffe, M. J., & Levy, E. S. (2023). Acoustic predictors of ease of understanding in Spanish speakers with dysarthria associated with Parkinson’s disease. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 66(7S), 2999–3012. https://doi.org/10.1044/2022_JSLHR-22-00284

Page, A. D., Schroeder, J.-R., Knowles, T., Jog, M., & Adams, S. G. (2023). A comparison of voice amplifiers and personal communication systems for hypophonia: An exploration of communicative participation. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 32(4S), 1850–1865. https://doi.org/10.1044/2023_AJSLP-22-00161

Spencer, K. A., Amaral, J., & Lansford, K. (2023). Investigating perceptual subgroups in speakers with ataxic dysarthria: An auditory free classification approach. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 32(4S), 1901–1911. https://doi.org/10.1044/2022_AJSLP-22-00159

Stipancic, K. L., Wilding, G., & Tjaden, K. (2023). Lexical characteristics of the Speech Intelligibility Test: Effects on transcription intelligibility for speakers with multiple sclerosis and Parkinson’s disease. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 66(7S), 3115–3131. https://doi.org/10.1044/2023_JSLHR-22-00279

Teplansky, K. J., Wisler, A., Green, J. R., Heitzman, D., Austin, S., & Wang, J. (2023). Measuring articulatory patterns in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis using a data-driven articulatory consonant distinctiveness space approach. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 66(7S), 3076–3088. https://doi.org/10.1044/2022_JSLHR-22-00320

Thompson, A., Hirsch, M. E., Lansford, K. L., & Kim, Y. (2023). Vowel acoustics as predictors of speech intelligibility in dysarthria. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 66(7S), 3100–3114. https://doi.org/10.1044/2022_JSLHR-22-00287

Utianski, R. L., Duffy, J. R., Martin, P. R., Clark, H. M., Stierwalt, J. A. G., Botha, H., Ali, F., Whitwell, J. L., & Josephs, K. A. (2023). Rate modulation abilities in acquired motor speech disorders. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 66(7S), 3194–3205. https://doi.org/10.1044/2022_JSLHR-22-00286

Utianski, R. L., Martin, P. R., Duffy, J. R., Clark, H. M., Stierwalt, J. A. G., Botha, H., Ali, F., Whitwell, J. L., & Josephs, K. A. (2023). Assessing patients and care partner ratings of communication-related participation restrictions: Insights from degenerative disease. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 32(4S), 1793–1805. https://doi.org/10.1044/2022_AJSLP-22-00140

Whitfield, J. A., Kriegel, Z., & Fullenkamp, A. M. (2023). Quantifying spatial and temporal variability of clear and loud speech produced while performing a concurrent visuomotor task. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 66(7S), 3182–3193. https://doi.org/10.1044/2022_JSLHR-22-00289

Wynn, C. J., Barrett, T. S., Berisha, V., Liss, J. M., & Borrie, S. A. (2023). Speech entrainment in adolescent conversations: A developmental perspective. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 66(7S), 3132–3150. https://doi.org/10.1044/2023_JSLHR-22-00263