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. 2020 Aug 12;63(9):2952–2994. doi: 10.1044/2020_JSLHR-20-00061
Characteristic Variable name Domain Criteria set No. of studies (% total studies) Citations
Inappropriate prosody (lexical stress errors or equal stress) Dysprosody Suprasegmental ASHA, Mayo, D&V 19 (95) Aziz et al., 2010; Case & Grigos, 2016; Fiori et al., 2016; Grigos et al., 2015; Highman et al., 2008; Ingram et al., 2019; Iuzzini-Seigel et al., 2017, 2015; Kopera & Grigos, 2019; Moss & Grigos, 2012; Murray et al., 2015; Overby, Belardi, & Schreiber, 2019; Overby & Caspari, 2015; Overby, Caspari, & Schreiber, 2019; Peter & Stoel-Gammon, 2008; Preston et al., 2014; Shriberg et al., 2012; * Shriberg et al., 2017b, 2017d; Zuk et al., 2018
Groping (nonspeech) Groping (nonspeech) Motor Mayo 17 (85) Case & Grigos, 2016; Fiori et al., 2016; Froud & Khamis-Dakwar, 2012; Grigos et al., 2015; Highman et al., 2008; Ingram et al., 2019; Iuzzini-Seigel et al., 2017, 2015; Kopera & Grigos, 2019; Moss & Grigos, 2012; Murray et al., 2015; Overby, Belardi, & Schreiber, 2019; Overby & Caspari, 2015; Overby, Caspari, & Schreiber, 2019; Shriberg et al., 2012, 2017b, 2017d; Zuk et al., 2018
Increased difficulty with longer or more complex words (or multisyllable words) Complexity effect Segmental Mayo 15 (75) Case & Grigos, 2016; Fiori et al., 2016; Froud & Khamis-Dakwar, 2012; Highman et al., 2008; Ingram et al., 2019; Iuzzini-Seigel et al., 2017, 2015; Murray et al., 2015; Overby, Belardi, & Schreiber, 2019; Overby & Caspari, 2015; Overby, Caspari, & Schreiber, 2019; Peter & Stoel-Gammon, 2008; Shriberg et al., 2012, 2017b, 2017d; Zuk et al., 2018
Vowel or consonant distortions, including distorted substitutions Sound distortions Segmental Mayo 15 (75) Case & Grigos, 2016; Fiori et al., 2016; Grigos et al., 2015; Iuzzini-Seigel et al., 2017, 2015; Kopera & Grigos, 2019; Moss & Grigos, 2012; Murray et al., 2015; Overby, Belardi, & Schreiber, 2019; Overby & Caspari, 2015; Overby, Caspari, & Schreiber, 2019; Preston et al., 2014; Shriberg et al., 2012, 2017b, 2017d; Zuk et al., 2018
Disrupted coarticulatory transitions/difficulty achieving initial articulatory configurations and transitions into vowels Disrupted coarticulation Segmental ASHA, Mayo 15 (75) Case & Grigos, 2016; Fiori et al., 2016; Grigos et al., 2015; Ingram et al., 2019; Iuzzini-Seigel et al., 2017, 2015; Kopera & Grigos, 2019; Murray et al., 2015; Overby, Belardi, & Schreiber, 2019; Overby & Caspari, 2015; Overby, Caspari, & Schreiber, 2019; Peter & Stoel-Gammon, 2008; Shriberg et al., 2012, 2017b, 2017d; Zuk et al., 2018
Vowel errors Vowel errors Segmental D&V 14 (70) Aziz et al., 2010; Case & Grigos, 2016; Froud & Khamis-Dakwar, 2012; Highman et al., 2008; Ingram et al., 2019; Iuzzini-Seigel et al., 2017, 2015; Kopera & Grigos, 2019; Overby & Caspari, 2015; Peter & Stoel-Gammon, 2008; Preston et al., 2014; Shriberg et al., 2012, 2017b, 2017d; Zuk et al., 2018
Voicing errors Voicing errors Segmental Mayo 11 (55) Fiori et al., 2016; Grigos et al., 2015; Iuzzini-Seigel et al., 2017, 2015; Murray et al., 2015; Overby, Belardi, & Schreiber, 2019; Overby & Caspari, 2015; Overby, Caspari, & Schreiber, 2019; Shriberg et al., 2012, 2017b, 2017d; Zuk et al., 2018
Inconsistent consonant and vowel errors Inconsistent errors Segmental ASHA, D&V 10 (50) Aziz et al., 2010; Case & Grigos, 2016; Fiori et al., 2016; Grigos et al., 2015; Highman et al., 2008; Ingram et al., 2019; Kopera & Grigos, 2019; Moss & Grigos, 2012; Murray et al., 2015; Peter & Stoel-Gammon, 2008
Slow rate Slow rate Suprasegmental Mayo 9 (45) Iuzzini-Seigel et al., 2017, 2015; Murray et al., 2015; Overby, Belardi, & Schreiber, 2019; Overby & Caspari, 2015; Overby, Caspari, & Schreiber, 2019; Shriberg et al., 2012, 2017b, 2017d; Zuk et al., 2018
Slow DDK rate Slow DDK rate Suprasegmental Mayo, D&V 9 (45) Fiori et al., 2016; Ingram et al., 2019; Murray et al., 2015; Overby, Belardi, & Schreiber, 2019; Overby & Caspari, 2015; Overby, Caspari, & Schreiber, 2019; Peter & Stoel-Gammon, 2008; Shriberg et al., 2012, 2017b, 2017d
Syllable segregation Syllable segregation Suprasegmental Mayo 9 (45) Iuzzini-Seigel et al., 2017, 2015; Murray et al., 2015; Overby, Belardi, & Schreiber, 2019; Overby & Caspari, 2015; Overby, Caspari, & Schreiber, 2019; Shriberg et al., 2012, 2017b, 2017d; Zuk et al., 2018
Intrusive schwa Intrusive schwa Segmental Mayo 9 (45) Iuzzini-Seigel et al., 2017, 2015; Murray et al., 2015; Overby, Belardi, & Schreiber, 2019; Overby & Caspari, 2015; Overby, Caspari, & Schreiber, 2019; Shriberg et al., 2012, 2017b, 2017d; Zuk et al., 2018
Limited phonetic inventory Limited phonetic inventory Segmental D&V 7 (35) Case & Grigos, 2016; Grigos et al., 2015; Highman et al., 2008; Ingram et al., 2019; Kopera & Grigos, 2019; Moss & Grigos, 2012; Peter & Stoel-Gammon, 2008
Consonant and syllable omissions/frequent omission errors Omission errors Segmental D&V 6 (30) Aziz et al., 2010; Highman et al., 2008; Ingram et al., 2019; Moss & Grigos, 2012; Peter & Stoel-Gammon, 2008; Preston et al., 2014
Impaired volitional oral movement/difficulty imitating oral movements Oral movements Motor D&V 6 (30) Aziz et al., 2010; Grigos et al., 2015; Highman et al., 2008; Ingram et al., 2019; Kopera & Grigos, 2019; Peter & Stoel-Gammon, 2008
Metathesis Metathesis Segmental 5 (25) Froud & Khamis-Dakwar, 2012; Grigos et al., 2015; Kopera & Grigos, 2019; Moss & Grigos, 2012; Preston et al., 2014
Poorer expressive than receptive language skills EL < RL Other D&V 4 (20) Froud & Khamis-Dakwar, 2012; Grigos et al., 2015; Kopera & Grigos, 2019; Peter & Stoel-Gammon, 2008
Simple syllable shapes Simple syllable shapes Segmental D&V 3 (15) Highman et al., 2008; Ingram et al., 2019; Peter & Stoel-Gammon, 2008
Timing errors Timing errors Segmental 3 (15) Case & Grigos, 2016; Grigos et al., 2015; Kopera & Grigos, 2019
Resonance or nasality disturbance Resonance/nasality Other 3 (15) Iuzzini-Seigel et al., 2017, 2015; Zuk et al., 2018
Atypical errorsa Segmental 1 (5) Case & Grigos, 2016
Difficulty using sounds produced in isolation in sequencesa Segmental 1 (5) Moss & Grigos, 2012
Diphthong errorsa Segmental 1 (5) Highman et al., 2008
Increased artic variabilitya Segmental 1 (5) Fiori et al., 2016
Consonant cluster errorsa Segmental 1 (5) Froud & Khamis-Dakwar, 2012
Fricative/affricate errorsa Segmental 1 (5) Froud & Khamis-Dakwar, 2012
2- and 3-feature articulation errors (manner, place, voice)a Segmental 1 (5) Froud & Khamis-Dakwar, 2012
Difficulty imitating words/phrasesa Motor D&V 1 (5) Peter & Stoel-Gammon, 2008
Oral nonverbal apraxiaa Motor 1 (5) Froud & Khamis-Dakwar, 2012
Speech more unintelligible than would be expected from single-word artic testsa Other 1 (5) Froud & Khamis-Dakwar, 2012
Short or absent frication/affricationa Other 1 (5) Ingram et al. (2019)

Note. Em dashes indicate data not applicable. Out of 37 CAS articles in total, 20 articles were included in this analysis of inclusion criteria. Thirteen were excluded because they were published before 2007; one article (Keske-Soares et al., 2018) was excluded because no diagnostic criteria were listed related to participant inclusion; one article (Strand et al., 2013) was excluded because it did not separate children with speech sound disorders into subgroups a priori; one article (Lewis et al., 2011) was excluded because it documented CAS based on parent report and because ASHA = criteria set listed in 2007 American Speech-Language-Hearing Association position statement on CAS; Mayo = criteria proposed by Shriberg et al. (2011); D&V = criteria proposed by Davis & Velleman (2000); DDK = diadochokinetic; EL = expressive language; RL = receptive language.

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Shriberg et al. (2017b, 2017d) Parts II and IV were companion studies using the same inclusion criteria and investigating the same outcome measure—inclusion criteria from these studies were only counted once. Thus, percentages listed are based on the 20 articles charted.

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Measures that were only mentioned as inclusion criteria in one study were excluded from Figures 2 and 3 for ease of interpretation of the figures.