Does More Speech Therapy Lead to Better Results in Childhood Apraxia of Speech? A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis of the Available Evidence
Patricia McCabe, Donna C Thomas, Jessica Xue Ming Choo, Rob Heard, Denise Ng · 2026
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Patricia McCabe and co-authors review, in a 2026 paper, whether more speech therapy gives better results for children with childhood apraxia of speech. In this condition, a child knows what they want to say but struggles to plan the mouth movements for it. Research on treatment has grown in number and quality, yet how much therapy a child gets has drawn less study.
The authors gather the available studies and pool their results in a systematic review and meta-analysis. Their focus is the dose question: how session amount and frequency relate to gains in speech. Work of this kind matters because therapy time is costly for families and services. Schedules are often set by habit or funding rather than proof. The review weighs the evidence base behind dosing choices.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Patricia McCabe, Donna C Thomas, Jessica Xue Ming Choo, Rob Heard, Denise Ng |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 81 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |