TY - JOUR AU - Abdou, Dalia AU - Afsah, Omayma AU - Baz, Hemmat AU - Abou-Elsaad, Tamer PY - 2020 DA - 2020/09/21 TI - Developing a test battery for diagnosis of childhood apraxia of speech in Arabic speakers JO - The Egyptian Journal of Otolaryngology SP - 20 VL - 36 IS - 1 AB - Childhood apraxia of speech (CAS) is a speech sound disorder in which the precision and consistency of movements underlying speech are impaired in absence of neuromuscular deficits. It is important to differentiate between language disorders and CAS to avoid misdiagnosis. The objective of this study was to develop a test battery for CAS in order to identify its possible presence in Arabic-speaking children, thus allowing the planning of appropriate therapy programs. The constructed test battery for CAS was administered to 70 monolingual Arabic-speaking Egyptian children including 10 children with suspected CAS, 20 children with phonological disorders, and 40 typically developing children. Participants’ responses were statistically analyzed to assess the validity and reliability, and to evaluate sensitivity and specificity of the test battery. SN - 2090-8539 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s43163-020-00021-5 DO - 10.1186/s43163-020-00021-5 ID - Abdou2020 ER -