Table 1.
Prevalence of etiologies across severity of speech impairment.
| Etiology | Severity |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mild (n = 5) |
Moderate (n = 11) |
Severe (n = 11) |
Total | |
| Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 |
| Anoxic brain injury | 1 | 1 | ||
| Ataxia | 1 | 1 | ||
| Cerebral palsy | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| Childhood-onset apraxia of speech | 1 | 1 | ||
| Cleft lip and palate | 1 | 1 | ||
| Down syndrome | 1 | 1 | ||
| Hearing impairment | 1 | 1 | ||
| Multiple sclerosis | 1 | 1 | ||
| Muscular dystrophy | 1 | 1 | ||
| Stroke | 1 | 1 | ||
| Vocal fold paralysis | 2 | 2 | ||
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