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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Sep 3.
Published in final edited form as: Semin Speech Lang. 2008 Dec 4;29(4):257–266. doi: 10.1055/s-0028-1103389

Table 3.

Description of Empirical Studies on the Development of Early Oromotor Behaviors

Author Ages Task(s)
Moore et al51 Adults (n=7) Chewing, continuous jaw oscillations, speech and nonspeech jaw motion, and continuous speech
Moore52 Adults (n=6) Chewing, jaw oscillations, and speech
Moore and Ruark2 15-month-olds (n=7) Sucking, chewing, and early speech
Green et al24 12-48 months longitudinal (n=4) Chewing
Ruark and Moore50 24-29-month-olds (n=7) Chewing, lip protrusion, syllable repetition, and speech
Steeve et al20 9-month-olds (n=15) Sucking, chewing, and babbling