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Apraxia of speech in Cantonese adult speakers

This project aims to investigate apraxia of speech (AOS) in Cantonese speakers.  

Funded project

Pitch Variation in Adults with Apraxia of Speech. Dean’s Reserve for Research, Scholarly and Other Endeavours. Faculty of Humanities, PolyU. Amount: HK$150,000. June 2021 to May 2023.

Research output

Journal publication

  • Wong, E. C. H., Wong, M. N., & Velleman, S. L. (2023). Assessment and diagnostic standards of apraxia of speech in Chinese-speaking adults and children: A scoping review. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 32(1), 316-340. https://doi.org/10.1044/2022_AJSLP-21-00355

  • Zhang, Y. X.*, Wong, E. C. H.*, & Wong, M. N. (under review) Tone-vowel interaction and co-articulation in Cantonese aphasia and apraxia of speech.

  • Wong, E. C. H., Wong, M. N., Chen, S., & Lin, J. Y.W. (in press). Pitch-variation skills in Cantonese speakers with apraxia of speech after stroke: Preliminary findings of acoustic analyses.

  • Wong, E. C. H., Wong, M. N., & Wong, T. O. K. (in press). An online survey of clinical practices in assessment and diagnosis of apraxia of speech in Cantonese speakers.

Conference presentation

  • Zhang, Y., Wong, E. C. H., & Wong, M. N. (2023, August). Vowel and tonal co-articulation in Cantonese speakers with apraxia of speech. Paper presented at the 32nd World Congress of the IALP 2023.

  • Wong, T. O. K., Wong, E. C. H., & Wong, M. N. (2021, June 23-25). Assessment and Diagnosis of Apraxia of Speech in Cantonese Speakers – A Survey on Clinical Practice.  Paper presented at the 18th biennial conference of the International Clinical Phonetics and Linguistics Association, Glasgow, the UK.

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