Abstract
Normative data is presented for children aged between 3;0 years and 5 years 5 months on the two oromotor tasks of 1) sequenced oral movements and 2) movements produced in a meaningful situation with contextual cues, henceforth referred to as movements in context. The purpose of the normative data is to provide clinicians with information about the development of such skills, which can be used in conjunction with normative information already available, to provide a comprehensive description of oromotor functioning and to enable informed decisions concerning treatment planning and differential diagnosis of speech, especially neuromotor, disorders to be made. The results of the study showed a developmental progression of oromotor abilities up to the age of four years. In addition, a wide variation in abilities was noted in children up to four years. Therefore caution must be used when interpreting poor oromotor abilities observed in young children. The results also demonstrated that not all items in the ass...
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