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The Use of Nonspeech Oral Motor Treatments for Developmental Speech Sound Production Disorders: Interventions and Interactions

Contact author: Thomas W. Powell, Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, L.S.U. Health Sciences Center in Shreveport, 3735 Blair Drive, Shreveport, LA 71103-4601. E-mail: tpowel{at}lsuhsc.edu.

Purpose: The use of nonspeech oral motor treatments (NSOMTs) in the management of pediatric speech sound production disorders is controversial. This article serves as a prologue to a clinical forum that examines this topic in depth.

Method: Theoretical, historical, and ethical issues are reviewed to create a series of clinical questions that should be considered before one incorporates new methods into clinical practice.

Conclusion: Speech production disorders are complex and multifaceted. Speech-language pathologists are encouraged to advocate on behalf of clients by adopting the highest standards of clinical practice and by evaluating treatment options in a systematic, critical, and ethical manner.

KEY WORDS: phonological disorders, ethics, treatment outcomes, treatment procedures, oral motor treatment

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