Awareness of certain articulatory gestures in normal-speaking and articulatory-defective children.

A comparison of the awareness of articulatory gestures between normal-speaking children and those with articulation disorders was undertaken. The articulation-disorders group included children receiving speech training, and others placed on an observation list. The results indicate that the groups did not differ with respect to their awareness of articulatory gestures. The majority of the responses from both groups reflected accurate execution of the task.