Conditions / Genetic
speech-language disorder-1
info · Genetic
A speech disorder characterized by severe orofacial dyspraxia resulting in largely incomprehensible speech that has_material_basis_in heterozygous mutation in FOXP2 on 7q31.1.
Signs and symptoms
- Deficit in grammar
- Delayed speech and language development
- Abnormal basal ganglia morphology
- Oromotor apraxia
- Incomprehensible speech
Also known as: CAS; articulatory apraxia; childhood apraxia of speech; developmental apraxia of speech; developmental verbal dyspraxia