參加了在台灣舉行的 IALP2019 國際會議。會議裡有很多不同的sessions。其他的就不說太多，集中跟大家分享Motor Speech Disorders 及 兒童言語失用症的吧。
Session of Motor Speech Committee題目為 “New insights Into Child and Adult Motor Speech Disorders”。有兩份關於兒童的：
1. 由Professor Angela Morgan 主講，題目為 “Unravelling the genetic architecture of childhood apraxia of speech”。講嘅就係跟CAS有關的genes。大家都知道FOXP2 啦，但原來不足2% 嘅CAS 係有FOXP2 mutation。另外有十幾種gene 跟CAS有關，而三份之一嘅CAS cases 係同genetic disorders 有關。最後，professor Angela Morgan 寄語，’Genetic will only become more relevant to our practice”. 大家都應該開始認識下。相關study 嘅journal articles 係呢度：
Eising, E., Carrion-Castillo, A., Vino, A, Strand, E. A., Jakielski, K. J., Scerri, T. S., …, Fisher, S. E. (2018). A set of regulatory genes co-expressed in embryonic human brain is implicated in disrupted speech development. Molecular Psychiatry. Feb 20. https://doi: 10.1038/s41380-018-0020-x.
Morgan, A. T. & Webster, R. (2018). Aetiology of childhood apraxia of speech: A clinical practice update for paediatricians. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 54(10), 1090-1095.
2. 由Professor Ben Maassen 主講，題目為 “Profiling speech sound production and maximum repetition rate in children with SSD: Towards process-oriented diagnostics” 。講緊點樣用一個process-oriented approach，配合Computer Articulation Instrument (CAI) 去做diagnosis。其實係用緊speech recognition 方法去做speech diagnosis。都真係唔係三言兩語可以總結到。都係refer 返佢嘅journal articles：
Terban, H., Maassen, B., & Maas, E. (2019). A psycholinguistic framework for diagnosis and treatment planning of developmental speech disorders. Folia Phoniatrica et Logopaedica. https://doi.org/10.1159/000499426.
Diepeveen, S., van Haaften, L., Terband, H., de Swart, B., & Maassen, B. (2019). A standardized protocol for maximum repetition rate assessment in children. Folia Phoniatrica et Logopaedica. https://doi.org/10.1159/000500305.
之後再講下oral present 同 poster present 睇到聽到嘅嘢～～
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